Zhang Shuai has always been a model worker among Chinese players. This year Wimbledon she is competing in women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles. Among them, the women's singles lost to French star Garcia in the third round and missed the top 16.
Mixed Doubles teamed up with veteran Ma Hu as the No. 3 seed at Wimbledon. They lost to the American combination Sock /Gauff in the second round with a score of 4-6 6-7 (3) and missed the chance to advance to the top 8.
At this point, Zhang Shuai only has the women's doubles competition left at this year's Wimbledon. She joined hands with Mertens as the top seed. In the third round yesterday, she eliminated the 15th seeds Kichenok/Olaru with a score of 6-4 6-3 and successfully entered the top 8 of women's doubles.
At this point, Zhang Shuai, who reached the top eight in women’s doubles at Wimbledon for the first time, has also unlocked the outstanding achievement of reaching the top eight in women’s doubles at the four Grand Slams.
# Australian Open
Champion (2019)
Before the 2019 season, Zhang Shuai’s best result in the Australian Open women’s doubles was only the second round. Of course, she had reached the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam women’s doubles as early as 2012.
At the 2019 Australian Open, Zhang Shuai and Stosur defeated Babos / Mladenovic in the women's doubles final and won the Grand Slam championship trophy for the first time.
This is Stosur’s third Grand Slam women’s doubles championship in her career. For Zhang Shuai, this is her first time winning a Grand Slam title.
# French Open
Quarterfinals (2019)
Also in the 2019 season, Zhang Shuai and Stosur defeated Barty / Azarenka in the third round of Roland Garros and advanced to the French Open women's doubles for the first time. The quarterfinals are also her best results in women's doubles at the French Open.
#Wimbledon
At least the quarterfinals (2022)
Before coming to Wimbledon this year, Zhang Shuai's best result in the Wimbledon women's doubles was only the third round created in the 2011 season.
She joined forces with Mertens at this Wimbledon and eliminated Bondar/Minnion, Grubic/Osorio and Kichenok/Olaru, and has advanced to 1/ 4 finals.
# US Open
1 champion (2021), 1 semi-finals, 2 quarter-finals
Zhang Shuai has the most outstanding performance in women's doubles at the US Open. Last year, she partnered with Stosur to win the second Grand Slam women's doubles in her career. Championship trophy. In addition, she has reached the quarterfinals twice and reached the semifinals in 2018.
Zhang Shuai's opponent in the fourth round of this year's Wimbledon women's doubles is No. 7 seeds Guarachi/Klepac, who had just eliminated the Chinese combination Xu Yifan / Yang Zhaoxuan in the previous round.
At present, all the top eight women's doubles have been decided. The following is the specific matchup in the quarter-finals:
[1] Zhang Shuai/Mertens VS [7] Guarachi/Clay Paige
Collins / Crow Tsk VS [11] Rosowska/Lutliff
[8] Shuzi Aoyama / Zhan Haoqing VS [4] L. Chichenok/Ostapenko
[10] Meri Char /Perez VS [2] Krejitskova /Siniakova
I hope that the Zhang Shuai/Mertens combination can continue to move forward and create ideal results! (Source: Tennis Home Author: Barbie)
