“I came out and I was playing really well at the start and mostly through the second as well,” said Xu.

“Lily did a really good job of finding the pressure when I broke her and just making me work for each point, and she was the better player at the end of the second, but I think I did a really good job of just resetting and staying in the moment in the third set, and really happy to get through it.”

“The supports means everything to me,” Xu added.

“This is my biggest final that I’ve been in and just to do it in Wales, when I go out on court I really feel the support.”