In the last two weeks, Wei Sijia's form has been getting better and better. When Shenzhen faced a strong opponent Saveykh, Wei Sijia suddenly broke out after falling behind 1-3 in the opening game, and swept the opponent in straight sets after 9 games in a row, and entered the final for 2 consecutive weeks.
The Shenzhen W50 Women's Singles semi-finals will be contested by China's small flower Wei Sijia against the tournament's No. 2 seed, Russia's Savinech. The current world ranking, Wei Sijia 204, opponent 160, the previous highest 99th. Savineh has played in the main draw of the Grand Slam many times in his career, and has reached the third round of the Australian Open, and his strength should not be underestimated. Wei Sijia has been in hot form recently, winning the Kashiwa W50 women's singles championship with five consecutive wins last week, and locked the French Open women's singles qualifying spot in advance.
Facing Savinech in this game, Wei Sijia came up a little slowly, lost 4 points in a row in the third game, was broken by the opponent first, and fell behind 1-3 after the end of the fourth game. In the crucial 5th game, Wei Sijia finally regained her feel and successfully held serve. In the 6th game, she resolved 2 game points and finally completed the break. In the following matches, she was like a bamboo, breaking the tie and winning the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Wei Sijia's offensive continued unabated, and she broke and protected 4 games in a row in the opening game, thus completing the good show of 9 consecutive games across the set. In the end, Wei Sijia won another set 6-1, swept the opponent 2-0, and advanced to the final with 9 consecutive wins.
The battle lasted 1 hour and 36 minutes. Wei Sijia had 4 aces, 5 double faults, an 83% first-serve win rate, and 5 of 12 break points. With this victory, Wei Sijia scored 33 points, $3,257 in prize money, and instantly ranked 183rd, setting a new personal high.