DOHA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — China’s Zhang Shuai and Yang Zhaoxuan superior to the ladies’s doubles semifinals with their respective companions on the WTA Qatar Open right here on Wednesday.
Zhang, who had gained her thirteenth profession doubles title on the Abu Dhabi Open with Brazilian Luisa Stefani final Sunday, paired up with Giuliana Olmos of Mexico to defeat Japanese duo Shuko Aoyama and Makoto Ninomiya 6-0, 6-4 in a single hour.
The event’s fourth seeds arrange a semifinal conflict with top-seeded American pair Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula.
Yang and her associate, Russian participant Vera Zvonareva got here again from one set all the way down to outlast Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus and Ekaterina Alexandrova of Russia 4-6, 7-6 (2), 10-7.
Yang and Zvonareva face second-seeded Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine and Latvia’s Jelena Ostapenko within the semifinal on Thursday.
World No. 1 Iga Swiatek raced previous Danielle Collins of the United States 6-0, 6-1 and obtained a walkover to advance to the ladies’s singles semifinals after her quarterfinal opponent Belinda Bencic of Switzerland withdrew from the event attributable to fatigue.
The different three quarterfinals can be held on Thursday.