Yuan Yue finally waited for her first championship on the tour. In the Golden Flower derby with Wang Xiyu, Yuan Yue played well and won in straight sets, including the second set to withstand the latter's Jedi counterattack. With this tour title, she became the 14th Chinese mainland woman to win the WTA singles title.
The focus of the women's singles final of the Austin 250 tournament was played by Yuan Yue against Wang Xiyu. The current world ranking, Yuan Yue 68, Wang Xiyu 64. This season, Yuan Yue has improved significantly, reaching the semi-finals at the Hobart 250 at the beginning of the season, while Wang Xiyu reached the semi-finals in Auckland. Regardless of ranking or personal strength, the two can be said to be indistinguishable.
In the first set, Wang Xiyu quickly entered the state at the beginning, broke the tie, and led 2-0. But after that, Yuan Yue found his touch, broke the belt and tied the score. In the crucial fifth game, Yuan Yue broke serve again and won the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Yuan Yue continued her excellent form at the end of the first set, breaking Wang Xiyu's serve three times in the first seven games to lead 5-2. But after that, Wang Xiyu suddenly broke out, chased points continuously, and dragged the game into a tie-break. But in the key tie-break, Yuan Yue had a stronger ability to grasp the opportunity, leading 6-1 at the beginning, although Wang Xiyu saved many match points, he still won 7-4, won another set 7-6, and defeated the latter 2-0 to win the final championship. It was also her first career tour title.
In this battle, Wang Xiyu had 3 aces, but sent 8 double faults, while Yuan Yue had 0 aces and 0 double faults. In addition, Yuan Yue's first-serve scoring rate is 59%, Wang Xiyu is 58%, and in terms of first-serve scoring rate, Yuan Yue is 48% and Wang Xiyu is 34%.
With this victory, Yuan Yue gained 250 points, $35,250 in prize money, and broke through the top 50 for the first time in the latest world rankings, reaching 49th place, becoming the third sister of China's Golden Flower. Congratulations to Yuan Yue.