On January 8, Beijing time, the women's doubles semifinals of the WTA250 Melbourne station were contested, and the top seed zhang Shuai/Stosur played, and the opponents of the two were Martinkova/Sharif. After a fierce battle in two sets, Zhang Shuai/Stosur missed the opportunity to take stock in the first set, and was eliminated by the opponent 0-2, missing the final in the first leg of the season.
In the first set, Zhang Shuai/Stosur took the lead in the third set and broke the first set, and in the fifth set, the two defused two break points to save the serve. In the 8th inning, Zhang Shuai/Stosur broke the opponent's serve and chased the set to 4-4. In the 12th set, Zhang Shuai/Stosur missed the set in the opponent's serve and the two sides fought to grab seven sets. Martinkova/Sharif led the way in seven innings, with the two taking the set 6-2. Zhang Shuai/Stosur defused 2 sets, and the opponent won the first set 7-4 to grab seven.
In the second set, Martinkova/Sharif took the lead, the two easily saved the start, and in the second set, the two broke to take a 2-0 lead. After that, both sides saved serves, and in the 9th set, Martinkova/Sharif successfully saved their serves and won the second set 6-3.
In the end, after two sets of competition, the Martinkova/Sharif combination defeated the top seed zhang Shuai/Stosur combination 7-6 (4)/6-3. The next two will face the challenge of No. 2 seeds Pera/Sinyakova in the final.