On March 2, the women's singles semifinals of the WTA 250 Austin tournament were released, and China occupied two seats and became the biggest winner. Yuan Yue won 2-0 in the derby battle with Wang Yafan and advanced to the semifinals. Wang Xiyu was in hot form, and after winning the first set 6-2, he received a retirement gift from Australian Open runner-up Collins in the second set.
In this competition, the Chinese team Wang Yafan, Yuan Yue, and Wang Xiyu participated in singles, and all three performed very well, all of them reached the quarterfinals.
Wang Yafan 0-2 Yuan Yue.
Wang Yafan, currently ranked 69th in the world, has re-entered the top 100 in less than a year after making a comeback last year. This year's Australian Open played 3 sets with Zheng Qinwen in the third round, which was very exciting. Yuan Yue made a big breakthrough last year and is currently ranked 68th in the world. The two have played each other 1 time before, and the winner is Wang Yafan. The two have a similar style of play, are very good defensively, and are very good at landing and changing lines.
In the first set, Yuan Yue took the lead in serving. In the opening stage, the two sides competed fiercely, and the score of each of them in the first four games came to 2-2. In the 5th game, Wang Yafan took the lead in breaking serve, and the score came to 3-2. Yuan Yue suddenly held serve, won 4 games in a row, and won the first set 6-3.
In the second set, Yuan Yue continued her good form in the first set and started 3-1. However, Wang Yafan suddenly made a force to complete the breakback and chased the score to 3-3. After that, the two sides held serve in the next 4 games, and the score was 5-5. In the 11th game, Wang Yafan lost 4 points in a row and was broken, and the score came to 5-6. Yuan Yue did not miss this opportunity, successfully held serve in the 12th game, won another set 7-5, won 2-0, and advanced to the semifinals.
This is Yuan Yue's second time reaching the semifinals, which is very good and has improved.
Wang Xiyu 2-0 Collins.
Wang Xiyu was in quite good form in this tournament, defeating the French Open semifinals Podolska in the first round, and met the Australian Open runner-up Collins in the third round. Wang Xiyu withstood the opponent's offensive and broke serve twice in the first set and easily won 6-2. In the second set, Collins chose to retire, and Wang Xiyu directly advanced to the semifinals.
In the other two matches, top seed Kalinina defeated Parry 2-1, and Schmidnova received Vastova's retirement gift and also advanced to the last four. In the semifinals, Kalinina vs Wang Xiyu, Yuan Yue vs Schmidlova. Looking forward to the final between the two Chinese players.
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