On January 25, 2022, the Australian Open continued, China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai sent good news, partner Australian Pearce played in mixed doubles, straight two sets swept the Japanese combination Shibahara Yingcai / McLaren, advanced to the mixed doubles final four, is expected to impact the championship, singles and women's doubles out, Zhang Shuai concentrated on the mixed doubles project, with Pierce, by the outside fans expectations.
The 32-year-old Zhang Shuai once reached the Australian Open women's singles quarterfinals, partner Stosur twice won the Grand Slam women's doubles championship, this time she was in three categories, in the women's singles third round lost to Belgium's famous Mertens, the women's doubles continued to team up with Stosur, ranked fourth seed, lost to Pella / Reinette to stop the second round, the other Chinese Golden Flowers were eliminated, leaving only Zhang Shuai / Pierce mixed doubles combination.
Zhang Shuai / Pierce is the second seed in the mixed doubles, has twice reached the final four of the Grand Slam, and Pierce has a good performance, 1/4 final against the 8th seed Japanese combination Shibahara Yingcai / McLaren, Shibahara Yingcai and Zhang Shuai partnered to play women's doubles, the relationship between the two is very good, and finally Zhang Shuai / Pierce performance is more stable, blasting out two 6-4 wins, 2-0 victory over Shibahara Yingcai / McLaren to advance.
This is the first time in Zhang Shuai's career to enter the Australian Open mixed doubles final four, partner Pierce in the US Open and Wimbledon have mixed doubles four records, from unlocking the four Grand Slam mixed doubles final four, only one French Open, then Zhang Shuai / Pierce will strive for the final seat, I hope the two go all out, strive for another good result, although the doubles gold content is not as good as singles, but can achieve good results, but also worthy of recognition.
No. 5 seeds French duo Dodigue/Mladenovic eliminated Venus/Lutliffe 6-4, 6-2, Hradeka/Escobar blasted two 7-5s to eliminate Queressi/Ninomiya Makoto, Fris/Kubel beat Ram/Mirza 6-4, 7-6 (5), Zhang Shuai/Pierce in the mixed doubles semifinals against Dodig/Mladenovic, and Hladka/Escobar vs. Fris/Kubole.
Men's doubles No. 2 seeds Zebalos/Gralenos eliminated No. 5 seeds Pierce/Polasek 7-6 (5)/6-4, australian duo Kyrgios/Kokinakis narrowly defeated No. 6 seeds Putez/Venus 7-5/3-6/6-3, and Kyrgios/Kokinakis competed with wild cards in hand, winning three pairs of seed combinations in a row to advance to the final four, and Kyrgios said he would like to win the title.
Women's Doubles No. 2 seeded Japanese duo Ofuco Aoyama/ Eiji Shibahara beat Rogers/Martich 6-1, 6-4 to face Maya/Daniela in the semi-finals, who defeated Peterson/Potapova 4-6, 7-5, 6-3, and Eiji Shibahara still has a chance to fight.