On January 20, Beijing time, the Australian Open women's doubles quarterfinals, the Chinese star Zhang Shuai and the French star Mladenovic team ushered in the Chinese Taipei combination Zhan Haoqing and the Ukrainian player combination, the first set Zhang Shuai combination fell behind 0-4, and then launched a counterattack to win 5 sets in a row, and finally won the first set 7-6 (3), the overall strength of the Zhang Shuai combination gradually recovered, and the second set won 6-2 to take away the victory of the game with a score of 2-0.
As a former Australian Open women's doubles champion, Zhang Shuai has very strong self-confidence, and French veteran Mladenovic is also a doubles player, and the two players are very competitive. At the beginning of the game, the two were not in good shape, and the bottom line continued to go out of bounds, which gave the opponent a lot of points, and the Zhan Haoqing combination led 4-0 at the beginning, and the key fifth game Zhang Shuai combination was instantly sober, and the ball gradually found its rhythm, and the score was overtaken in 5 consecutive games. At the end of the game, the two pairs tied the score to a tie-break, and finally Zhang Shuai seized the opportunity to win. During the break, Zhan Haoqing's combination applied for a medical timeout, and judging from the current situation, it is not difficult for Zhang Shuai's combination to win. In the second set, as expected, Zhang Shuai, who was getting better and better, won easily 6-2, which was also the first time Zhang Shuai advanced to the top 8 after 6 years, and it was also the tenth time she advanced to the top 8 of a Grand Slam women's doubles.
In the men's doubles quarterfinals of the 2025 Australian Open tennis tournament held earlier, the combination of Chinese star Zhang Zhizhen and Mahachi lost 1-2 to the No. 15 seeds Vasselin/Nice and failed to advance to the Australian Open men's doubles quarterfinals, with a score of 3-6, 6-3, 3-6 in three sets.