MELBOURNE, Jan. 16 -- In what was one of the most captivating matches of day two action at the Australian Open on Tuesday, China's Zhu Lin narrowly missed out advancing in the tournament, going down to Hsieh Su-Wei in a grueling 3-set battle.
With the first set finishing 6-0, the 23-year-old Zhu looked more than comfortable.
However the tide completely changed in the second set and the more experienced Chinese Taipei competitor fought back, to reverse the scoreboard 6-0.
"In the first set, she was playing very aggressive," Zhu explained to Xinhua after the match.
"But then she changed her game style in the second set. She played so well, that I just didn't have any chance to attack, she didn't miss a ball!"
In an extremely tense third set that had fans on the edge of their seats, Hsieh took the upper hand, and broke Zhu's serve to go two games up at 3-1.
But a determined Zhu held on and broke back to bring the score level set at 3-3.
Immediately after though, a series of unforced errors cost Zhu and Hsieh once again broke serve.
With the score at 3-4 in the third, the 32-year-old appeared to be well on top, but the surprises just kept on coming and Zhu mounted her own comeback to tie the match at 4-4.
Zhu then recovered from 0-40 down, to hold serve and go up by one game.
The incredible drama left the match in balance at 6-6, until Hsieh broke serve yet again to win the bizarre contest 0-6, 6-0, 8-6.
The other Chinese player in action today was world number 44, Wang Qiang, when she faced last year's U.S. Open finalist, Madison Keys.
After being down one set to the American, Wang fought back hard in the second, but was not able to hang on against Keys.
The final score finished 1-6, 5-7.
All things to all people 八面玲珑
Ebola outbreak and brain injuries 埃博拉疫情,脑部创伤
India's sewer workers and British school standards 印度下水道工人施工安全,英国在校生学习成绩下降
World's longest tunnel and a strange kind of race 世界最长铁路隧道,扛羊毛袋比赛
Take part in, join in, participate, attend 四个表示“参加”的单词或短语
Zika threat and back from space 寨卡病毒威胁美国,国际空间站宇航员返回地球
Commend 和 recommend 的区别
Acknowledge and admit 两个表示“承认”单词的区别
The cost of protecting the environment, Juno space probe 保护环境付出的代价,“朱诺”木星探测器
EU after Brexit, human ancestor mystery 英脱欧公投后的欧盟,人类祖先之谜新发现
Zika virus, Rare whale filmed in Australia 寨卡病毒传播风险,澳大利亚拍到罕见鲸鱼影像
Diabetes warning and Queen at 90 糖尿病激增引忧, 英国女王90岁生日
Ditch 和 abandon 之间的区别
Chelsea doctor and surfing in Australia 切尔西队医与球队和解,澳大利亚冲浪
Creativity、innovation 和 originality 的区别
Appreciate 和 recognise 之间的区别
UN female, New flag and Apollo 11 倡议提名女秘书长,新西兰换国旗和阿波罗11号再创历史
Alligator takes boy and Tate Modern extension 鳄鱼拖走小男孩,泰特现代美术馆扩建完工
Big Ben and gorilla surprise 维修大本钟,大猩猩生子
Afghanistan, cancer and athletics boss 英美支持阿富汗政府军,癌症发病原因, 国际田联官员停职
Distinct 和 distinctive 之间的区别
Cosmonaut anniversary and wallaby internet star 宇航员周年纪念日,小袋鼠轰动互联网
Distinguished 和 distinguishable 之间的区别
Artefacts in Sydney and dog gets medal 悉尼出土文物,英雄狗获奖章
Restrain 和 constrain 的区别
Zika virus and the A4 waist challenge 寨卡病毒,“A4腰挑战”
Teenager, adolescent, kid and child 英语中“孩子”的几种说法
Canada wildfire and NASA discovery 加拿大林火,美国国家航空航天局发现系外行星
Brexit and Hockney's art 英国脱欧公投后进展,大卫·霍克尼艺术展
Clash 和 crash 之间的区别