In the early morning of March 2, the WTA 250 Austin station women's singles 1 4 finals started, Wang Xiyu played against Collins, Wang Xiyu won the first set 6-2, and then Collins chose to retire after the medical timeout, and Wang Xiyu easily advanced to the semifinals.
In the previous two rounds, Wang Xiyu defeated Podolska and Semenista in a row, and was generally in good shape.
Collins is the runner-up at the 2022 Australian Open and the No. 3 seed in this tournament, and she reached the quarterfinals at this year's Doha 1000. The two sides have played once before, and Wang Xiyu lost to the opponent.
In the first set, Wang Xiyu took the lead in serving, and she successfully held serve, and then both sides successfully held serve in the next two games, and Wang Xiyu led 2-1.
In the 4th game, Wang Xiyu scored consecutive winning points and took the lead in completing the break, and Wang Xiyu rewrote the score to 3-1.
In the 5th game, Wang Xiyu stubbornly saved 4 break points in the situation of falling behind 0-40, and finally successfully held serve, 4-1, Wang Xiyu was in a good situation. After that, both sides held serve and the score was rewritten to 5-2.
In the 8th game, the opponent had to protect the service game, Wang Xiyu broke serve again, 6-2, Wang Xiyu easily won the first set.
During the break, Collins called a medical timeout and then opted out of the game. Wang Xiyu easily advanced to the semi-finals in 37 minutes, making it to the semi-finals for the second time this season.
In the previous 1 4 finals, the tournament's top seed Kalinina swept the 5th seed Parry 2-0 to advance to the semifinals. Next, Wang Xiyu and Kalinina will compete for a place in the final. In 2020, Wang Xiyu played Karenina once, Wang Xiyu swept the opponent 2-0, and looked forward to Wang Xiyu being able to continue to win.
After reaching the semi-finals of the tournament, Wang Xiyu has gained 98 points and is currently ranked 57th in the world.
At around 10:00 Beijing time on March 2, WTA250 Austin will stage a Chinese derby, Wang Yafan against Yuan Yue, and the two sides will compete for the last semi-final seat of the tournament.
It is expected that the final of WTA 250 Austin will also be staged in the Chinese derby.
Come on, Chinese girl, the spring of Chinese tennis has come.