On February 16, Beijing time, the WTA500 Doha competition continued. In a duel in the doubles 1/4 final, Kanehua Zhang Shuai partnered Volmos as the No. 4 seeds against the Japanese pair of Shuko Aoyama and Makoto Ninomiya. After two sets of matches, Zhang Shuai's combination easily swept his opponent and made it to the final four of the tournament.
In the first set, Zhang Shuai's combination broke serve first in the second game, and the two broke serve again in the fourth game to take a 4-0 lead. In the sixth game, the two broke serve again in a game where the opponent had no way back in the first set, and won the first set 6-0.
In the first nine games of the second set, both sides successfully saved serves, and Zhang Shuai's combination started 5-4. In the 10th game, Zhang Shuai/Walmos broke serve to win the second set 6-4.
In the end, in a 60-minute match, the Zhang Shuai/Walmos combination easily defeated the combination of Shuko Aoyama/Makoto Ninomiya 6-0/6-4 and successfully reached the final four of the tournament. This is the second consecutive week that Zhang Shuai has reached the semifinals in doubles, and the two will next face the tournament's top-seeded Gauff/Pegula combination.