On January 6, Beijing time, the second women's doubles match of the WTA250 Melbourne Series began to compete, and China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai partner Stosur welcomed the challenge of Han Xinyun and Adam Sark. In the end, after two fierce sets of matches, the top seed Zhang Shuai / Stosur swept the combination of Han Xinyun / Adam Sack and successfully reached the doubles final four of this tournament.
In the first set, Zhang Shuai/Stosur was broken in the 3rd set, and Han Xinyun/Adam Sack took a 3-1 lead after defending the set. In the 8th inning, Zhang Shuai/Stosur completed the break and chased the set to 4-4. The key 10th set Han Xinyun / Adam Sack defused three end-of-set points to hold the serve and stubbornly chased it to 5-5. In the 12th set, Zhang Shuai/Stosur broke in a set where the opponent had no way back and won the first set 7-5.
In the second set, Zhang Shuai/Stosur was broken as soon as he came up, but then the two quickly completed the breakback. In the 6th set, Zhang Shuai/Stosur broke again to take a 4-2 lead. In the 8th set, Zhang Shuai/Stosur continued to work hard, breaking the opponent's serve again and winning the second set 6-2.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 33 minutes, the top seed Zhang Shuai / Stosur narrowly defeated the combination of Han Xinyun / Adamsack 7-5, 6-2, and took the lead in the women's doubles semifinals of the competition.