Zhu Lin of China returns a shot during the women's singles 1st round match between Zhu Lin of China and Dodin Oceane of France at Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)
MELBOURNE, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) -- China's Zhu Lin, the 29th seed, was knocked out of the Australian Open here on Tuesday, losing 6-4, 6-3 to France's Oceane Dodin in the first round.
The 29-year-old Zhu, who made the round of 16 at the Australian Open and the third round at the US Open in 2023, failed to convert any of her eight break-point opportunities for the match and won only 57 percent of points on her first serve compared to Dodin's 86 percent.
Zhu hit 11 winners for the match compared to 21 for her French opponent.
The match went to serve in the first four games before Zhu's serve was broken at 2-2 and Dodin seized the advantage to win the opening set in 38 minutes.
After being broken at 1-1 in the second set, Zhu had three chances to level the scores at 3-3 but failed to capitalize on the chance.
Serving trailing 3-5, the Chinese player saved three match points but Dodin converted the fourth.
Dodin, who is through to the second round at the Australian Open for the first time since 2017, will play Italy's Martina Trevisan. ■
Zhu Lin of China returns a shot during the women's singles 1st round match between Zhu Lin of China and Dodin Oceane of France at Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)
Zhu Lin (L) of China and Dodin Oceane of France shake hands after their women's singles 1st round match at Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)
Dodin Oceane of France reacts during the women's singles 1st round match between Zhu Lin of China and Dodin Oceane of France at Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 16, 2024. (Photo by Chu Chen/Xinhua)
