Lulu Sun came back from a difficult start to defeat Shi Han 3-6 6-0 6-0 in the first round of the WTA 125 tournament in Jinan, China.
Sun is the sixth seed in the tournament and was drawn against Shi, who received a wildcard into the main draw and is ranked 318th in the world.
After that first set, it looked like a major upset was possible as Shi broke the Kiwi’s serve twice and was playing a level of tennis beyond her ranking.
But following this, Shi never won another match, as Sun raced through the sets to finish the match in just over an hour and a half.
Sun dominated with her first serve, winning 81.6% of the points, but she didn’t make the same impression with her second serve, with that percentage dropping to 35.7.
It was the fourth time this year that Sun came back to win a match after losing the first set.
In the next round, Sun will face the winner of the match between Chinese Li Xiaowei and Dutch Arianne Hartono.
