The Chinese player Lin Zhu, first seed, and American Ashlyn Krueger will face each other to win the Osaka tournament after defeating Chinese Xinyu Wang, third seed, and Japanese Mai Hontama respectively in the semifinals.
In the case of the clash between the Chinese players, Lin Zhu won 7-5 and 7-6 in 2 hours and 5 minutes. The winner started the match strongly, with a 4-1 start giving him peace of mind. However, that slight was returned to him by his rival until he equalized it at 5 and caused the equal outcome to fall on the side of the main candidate to win the tournament.
In the second set, two games were won against the rest of the first four, one for each side, and, thereafter, the rivalry remained in the balance until a tight tie break was decided in favor of Zhu, who took advantage of his overall effectiveness on the breaking balls by winning 4 of the 6 he had to 3 of the 9 his rival took advantage of.
For his part, Krueger had fewer problems winning the doubles 6-3. Despite this, he needed five set points, three on the rest and two on his serve, to win the first set. It was different in the second, when he took advantage of the first of his match on his rival’s serve to end the match in 1 hour and 39 minutes.
Source: La Verdad
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