US Open: China’s Zhang Shuai marches on at warm-up in Cleveland
- Chinese No 2 follows victory with Samantha Stosur at Western & Southern Open by reaching doubles quarters with Lucie Hradecka
- The 32-year-old is also into the singles round of 16 where she will face Bethanie Mattek-Sands
China’s Zhang Shuai has not rested on her laurels after winning the women’s doubles at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati at the weekend, moving on to the doubles quarter-finals at the Cleveland Open.
Zhang and partner Lucie Hradecka beat Sabrina Santamaria of the US and Miya Kato of Japan in three sets at the Tennis In The Land tournament on Tuesday.
The Chinese-Czech pair had to dig deep, coming back from a 6-2 first set loss to take the second set 6-2 before dominating the third set shoot-out 10-5.
That was the second win of the day for Zhang, who also triumphed in her women’s singles match against Italy’s Martina Trevisan.
Zhang won that in straight sets – 7-5, 6-1 – to move on to the round of 16 where she will face Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the US.
