Obviously a very special place for me. It's brought out some of my best tennis in my career over obviously many, many years. We're still happy on court. Now nothing can break us I think. We will for sure play together more. I think for next time we know how to do better on those points. Our opponents, Shuai and Sam, played a great match. There's a reason why they've both had a couple Grand Slams, great results in Grand Slams. Stosur and Zhang never faced a break point in the opening frame, and they notched the lead in that set by breaking for after a Stosur volley winner landed square on the sideline.
But the Americans got more looks in on return in the second set, and they were rewarded at , when a handful of Stosur volley miscues led to three break points in that game. A stunning Gauff return forced an error from Zhang on the third of those chances, and the teens took a lead. A McNally volley winner closed out the following game, and the match was tied up. Both squads saved early break points in the decider, but Stosur and Zhang pulled ahead for good after, once again, a break of serve in the eighth game.
There, a tremendous backhand crosscourt winner by Zhang set up break point, and Stosur converted that chance with a stunning return winner off the McNally serve. With Stosur serving for the title at , her team saw one championship point fended off by a winning lob off of Gauff's racquet. But two missed returns by the Americans in the final two points gave a second Grand Slam title to the ecstatic veterans.
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In Louis Armstrong Stadium, long-time friends Stosur and Zhang defeated Guarachi and Krawczyk in 72 minutes to reach their second major final as a team. Zhang's only Grand Slam title thus far came with Stosur two years ago in Melbourne. Stosur has already won three Grand Slam women's doubles titles in her career, including a US Open way back in alongside Lisa Raymond. Stosur and Zhang took over the first set early, after fantastic forehands by Stosur steered them to a break of Guarachi for Two games later, the pair broke Krawczyk at love for good measure, completing that game with a Stosur backhand return winner.
Zhang then served out the set at love. The 14th seeds romped to a , double-break lead in the second set, but Guarachi and Krawczyk fought back, breaking Zhang, who was serving for the match, to pull within After a love hold by Guarachi, Stosur served for the match, but slammed her team's first double fault on break point, and the match was tied at But a grueling game went the way of Stosur and Zhang as they broke again for , thanks to an error-forcing crosscourt backhand by Zhang.
With her squad serving for the match for a third time, Zhang made no mistakes, hitting an ace to complete a love hold. Will be used in accordance to our Privacy Policy. Shop Fantasy English. Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube. Show All Matches Hide Matches. Enter Your Search. Tournaments Scores Rankings News Videos.
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