Beijing Yes Jin On April 9, the WTA500 Charleston women's doubles quarterfinals began to compete, and China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai partner Doleheide played as the top seed, and the opponent of the two was the combination of Danilina/ Sassnovic. After two sets of competition, Zhang Shuai and Dolllehead swept the opponent and strongly advanced to the final four of the tournament.
The two sides broke each other's serves in the first set, zhang Shuai/Dolllehead saved three break points in the third set, and then the two broke again in the fourth set to take a 3-1 lead. In the 6th set, Zhang Shuai/Dolllehead broke again and came to serve to win the set 5-1. In the 7th set, Danilina/Sassnovic withstood the pressure to break back, and then saved the serve to make it 3-5. In the 9th set, Zhang Shuai/Dolllehead did not waste the opportunity to win the set again, and won the first set 6-3 after successfully saving the serve.
In the first four sets of the second set, both sides successfully saved their serves, Zhang Shuai/Dolllehead took the lead in the 5th set, and in the 6th set, the two saved 2 break points to save serves, taking a 4-2 lead. In the 7th set, Zhang Shuai/Dolllehead broke again and came to win the game 5-2. In the 8th set, the two saved the break point and saved the serve, winning the second set 6-2.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 04 minutes, Golden Flower Zhang Shuai and Dolehead defeated the Combination of Danilina/ Sassnovic 6-3, 6-2 to reach the women's doubles final four of the event. With his performance in Charleston to advance to the final four, Zhang Shuai surpassed Xie Shuwei and Shibahara Yingcai in the WTA doubles rankings and ranked among the top five in the world in WTA doubles for the first time in his career.