On May 4, Beijing time, the WTA1000 Madrid women's doubles quarterfinals began to compete, China's Jinhua Zhang Shuai partner Sanders as the number one seed, the opponent of the two is Koone / TomJanovic. After two sets of competition, Zhang Shuai/Sanders swept the opponent and advanced strongly to the final four of the tournament.
In the first set, Zhang Shuai/Sanders were broken by their opponents in the second set, and the two started 3-0 behind. In the 5th set, Zhang Shuai/Sanders broke successfully, and then saved the serve to chase 3-3. In the 7th set, Zhang Shuai/Sanders broke again, after which both sides saved the set, and the Zhang Shuai/Sanders combination won the first set 6-4.
In the second set, Zhang Shuai/Sanders lost the second set of the serve, and then the two quickly completed the return, and the two sides fought 2-2 after the first four sets. In the 5th and 6th innings, the two sides broke each other again, and In the 7th set, Zhang Shuai/Sanders broke again, and then the two scored four consecutive points to save a 5-3 lead. In the 9th set, Zhang Shuai/Sanders broke again and won the second set 6-3.
In the end, in a match that took 1 hour and 09 minutes, the Zhang Shuai/Sanders combination defeated Koone/Tomjanovic 6-4, 6-3 to successfully advance to the women's doubles semifinals in Madrid. This is the highest level of Zhang Shuai's career clay event doubles final four, and it is also her third consecutive stop in clay tournament to reach the final four. In the following semi-finals, Zhang Shuai will face the winner between No. 3 seed Klausk/Shuls and No. 5 seed Gauff/Pegula.