Hey there, tennis fans! 🎾 Have you heard the exciting news from Wimbledon? Zhang Shuai from China and Marcelo Arevalo from El Salvador have just won their mixed doubles quarterfinal match!
On Monday, they played against Desirae Krawczyk from the USA and Neal Skupski from Britain. Guess what? Krawczyk and Skupski are two-time Wimbledon champions! They won in 2021 and 2022. 😮
But Zhang and Arevalo weren’t scared. In the first set, both teams played really well, holding their serves for the first 11 games. Then, Zhang and Arevalo made an amazing move and broke their opponents’ serve to win the set 7-5.
In the second set, they took an early lead of 4-1. But Krawczyk and Skupski fought back hard and pushed the set into a tiebreaker. It was super close! Zhang and Arevalo had two match points, which means they had two chances to win the match.
After a nail-biting finish, they finally won the tiebreaker 9-7! 🎉 Now, they’re heading to the semifinals to play against Joe Salisbury and Luisa Stefani on Tuesday. Let’s cheer them on!
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Zhang Shuai, Arevalo reach mixed doubles semifinals at Wimbledon
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