On March 3, 2024, in the women's singles semifinals of the Austin 250 Championship, China's Jinhua Yuan Yue faced Slovakia's Schmidlova. In the first set, China Jinhua played 6-0, sent the opponent to the egg, and easily won the first set.
Yuan Yue is the No. 8 seed in the tournament and is ranked 68th in the world, while Schmiedlova is eight places lower in the world ranking than China's Jinhua, and there is not much difference in strength between the two. The two had never faced each other before, and it was an encounter.
Counting Yuan Yue's road to promotion, she reversed Rodionova 2-1 in the first round, defeated Townsend in the second round, and swept Chinese compatriot Wang Yafan 2-0 in the quarterfinals and successfully advanced. Schmiedlova defeated seventh seeds Stearns, Vikri and Sevastova in succession.
In the match between Yuan Yue and Schmiedlova, in the first set, Yuan Yue broke the opponent's serve in the first game and led 1-0. Since then, China's Jinhua, whose confidence has been greatly increased, has played more and more brilliantly, even breaking the belt, and in the first and sixth games, he played two love games, 6-0 to send the Slovak to the egg, and easily won the first set. The game is still going on, and let's see if Yuan Yue can chase after the victory, and Wang Xiyu will be taught in the final, we will continue to pay attention!