In the Birmingham game, Zhang Shuai continued his good form.Photo/Xinhua News Agency
Beijing News (Chief Reporter Sun Haiguang) In the early morning of June 19, the WTA250 Birmingham Station ended the women’s doubles semi-final competition. Affected by the rainfall, the two doubles semifinals were changed from outdoor grass to indoor hard courts. But this can’t stop Zhang Shuai’s recent good form. She has reached the women’s doubles final for two consecutive weeks.
On the semi-final day, Birmingham was hit by rain, and the two singles semi-finals had to be postponed to Sunday, while the doubles were moved to indoor courts. The Birmingham game is a grass game, but the indoor court is a hard surface, which is a big challenge for the players.
In the end, the top seed Zhang Shuai/Mertens defeated Latisha Jan/Stosur 6-1, 7-5, and will compete with the No. 2 seed Chichennock/Ostapenko in the final. This is Zhang Shuai’s fortnight in the women’s doubles final, which she won with Maya in Nottingham last week.
“I entered another grass-court doubles final, and I also gained a very strong partner, the world‘s No. 1 women’s doubles partner (Mertens).” Zhang Shuai said that he partnered with Mertens many years ago, but recently I haven’t worked together for a few years. “Although this is the first time we have cooperated in recent times, it is still very tacit, very smooth, and it is very pleasant to play on the court.”
After reaching the final of the Birmingham game, Zhang Shuai was only one step away from the world number one in doubles. If he can reach the final in Eastbourne next week, Zhang Shuai will replace Mertens as the world number one in women’s doubles.
According to the schedule, today’s final day will usher in two singles semi-finals and singles and doubles finals. For Zhang Shuai, if we beat Costia in the semifinals, today will be three games a day. “Let’s play one game at a time, recover first, and try to play the first game first.”Return to Sohu, see more
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