Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai beat top seeds Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova to reach Australian Open doubles semi-finals
- Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai caused an upset in Grand Slam quarter-finals
- Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova finished 2018 with the No 1 ranking
- Stosur and Shuai beat the top seeds 7-6 7-6 at Australian Open on Tuesday
Samantha Stosur and Zhang Shuai caused an upset against top-ranked Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova in their women’s doubles quarter-final match on day nine at the Australian Open.
Krejcikova and Siniakova won the French Open and Wimbledon doubles titles last year and reached the semi-finals at the US Open to finish 2018 with the No 1 ranking.
‘They’re a great team – won two Slams last year, so we did well,’ Stosur said following the 7-6 7-6 victory.
Samantha Stosur (R) and Zhang Shuai caused an upset in the women’s doubles on Tuesday
‘We came back from a break in both sets – looking forward to tomorrow.’
Stosur, who had a career high No 4 ranking in singles and won 2011 US Open title, has two major women’s doubles titles but lost the only final she reached at Melbourne Park in 2006.
‘It would be amazing,’ Stosur said of winning at home. ‘I guess we’re close now, in the semis. It only gets harder here.’
Stosur and Shuai beat top seeds Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova to reach last four