On January 11, 2024, Beijing time, the WTA 250 Hobart Station, the women's singles 1/4 finals ended a key battle. The two sides in this match are Zhu Lin, the Chinese tennis golden flower who reached the quarterfinals of the women's singles for the first time in the new season, and the Australian player Saville, who defeated the Australian Open champion Kenin 2:0 in the last round.
The two sides have met each other before, in the 2016 WTA 250 event in Hong Kong, where Savile won 2-0. Although Savile defeated Kenin, many fans were still optimistic about Zhu Lin's victory before the game, after all, the Chinese veteran is ranked 33rd in the world, and Savile is only 195th, plus Zhu Lin has a good hand in the new season.
But unexpectedly, in this game, Zhu Lin failed to take advantage of the victory to chase after winning one set first, and was pulled two sets by the opponent in a row, and finally lost the three-set battle that took 139 minutes with a big score of 1:2.
Three sets: 6/3, 1/6, 2/6.
Looking ahead to the next round, the victorious Saville will face former Women's Doubles World No. 1 Mertens for a place in the Women's Singles final.