On January 10, the second round of WTA 250 Hobart began, and China's Jinhua Zhu Lin met the world's No. 44 American player Dolehide. In this match, the two sides battled fiercely in three sets, and Zhu Lin reversed the situation after dropping one set first, eliminated her opponent 2-1, and reached the quarterfinals of the tour for the first time this season.
In the first set, Zhu Lin lost her serve in the fourth game, and in the seventh game, Zhu Lin broke the opponent's serve, and then she saved two break points to hold serve and chase the game to 4-4. In the 12th game, Zhu Lin was broken in the last game of the set and lost the first set 5-7.
In the second set, Zhu Lin took the lead in the seventh game to break serve and lead her opponent 4-3. In the 9th game, in the opponent's unavoidable game, Zhu Lin broke serve again and dragged the match into the deciding set 6-3.
In the deciding set, Zhu Lin was broken as soon as she came up, and fell behind her opponent 0-2 in the opening game. In the 8th game, Zhu Lin successfully cashed in the third break point of the opponent's service game and chased the game to a 4-4 draw. In the 10th game, Zhu Lin successfully broke serve again in Dolehyde's unavoidable game and won the deciding set 6-4.
In the end, in a match that took 2 hours and 13 minutes, Zhu Lin defeated Dolehide 5-7 6-3 6-4 and successfully reached the quarterfinals. Zhu Lin will next face the winner between Kenin and Savile for a place in the semi-finals.