On January 26, Beijing time, the Australian Open mixed doubles semi-final competition began to compete, China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai partner Pierce played, the two opponents are the No. 5 seed Mladenovic / Dodig. After three sets of competition, Zhang Shuai/Pierce swept the opponent out 2-0 and advanced to the mixed doubles final of the Australian Open.
In the first three sets of the first set, both sides saved the first three sets, and in the fourth set, Zhang Shuai/Pierce took the lead to complete the break and take a 3-1 lead. In the 6th set, Zhang Shuai/Pierce broke the opponent's serve again, leading 5-1 to win the set. In the 7th set, the two easily saved their serves and won the first set 6-1.
In the second set, the two sides saved the first 11 sets of the match, and in the 12th set, Zhang Shuai/Pierce broke in a set without a way back, and the opponent won the second set 7-5.
The first two sets of the game were 1-1, and the decider match went into a grab-ten battle. The Mladenovic/Dodiger combination opened with four consecutive points to establish an advantage, after which the man led the way, winning the 10-2 victory.
Finally, in a match that took 1 hour and 44 minutes, the combination of No. 5 seeds Mladenovic and Dodiger defeated No. 2 seeds Zhang Shuai/Pierce in a 1-6, 7-5, 10-2 reversal and successfully reached the mixed doubles final of this Australian Open. Zhang Shuai and Pierce were unfortunately reversed, and the two partners failed to go further in the semi-finals of the Grand Slam mixed doubles in three times. With Zhang Shuai's mixed doubles being eliminated, this year's Australian Open has no chinese golden flower.