Yan,Zheng enter Wimbledon semifinals (CRIENGLISH.com) Updated: 2006-07-07 13:50
China's dynamic tennis duo Yan Zi and Zheng Jie cruised into the semifinals
of the women's doubles competition at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships.
 China's Yan Zi (L) and
Zheng Jie talk during their women's quarter-final doubles match against
Martina Navratilova of the U.S. and South Africa's Liezel Huber at the
Wimbledon tennis championships in London July 6,
2006.[CRI] |
The fourth seeds beat the seventh seeded pair, US Martina Navratilova and
South African Liezel Huber, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 after a delayed third set on Thursday
night. The match began on Wednesday night but had to be suspended after the
second set due to poor lighting.
The pair will fight Zimbabwe's Cara Black and Australian partner Rennae
Stubbs for their place in the final in their next game.
Second seeds Cara and Stubbs beat the ninth seeds, Czech Republic's Kveta
Peschke and Italy's Francesca Schiavone, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 in a
rain-interrupted quarter-final at the All England Club on Wednesday.
|