China's Zheng Jie (L)
gestures as her teammate Yan Zi hits a shot during their match
against Czech pair Nicole Vaidisova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova
at the Australian Open in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday, January
21, 2008.
Former doubles winners Yan Zi/Zheng Jie romped past Czech pair
Nicole Vaidisova/Barbora Zahlavova Strycova 6-4, 6-1 to make last
eight at the Australian Open on Monday.
Their compatriot Sun Tiantian booked a third round berth in the
mixed doubles together with Serbian Nenad Zimonjic.
The Chinese legion suffered huge blow one day before when Peng
Shuai/ Sun were ousted from the doubles second round and Li Na
stopped in the singles third round on Sunday.
"Vaidisova is a good singles player with good serves. I think we
won because we did thorough preparation before the match," said
Zheng, who won the Sydney title with Yan.
"Yesterday my teammates lost their matches but I don't feel any
pressure just because we are the only pair left. All I and Yan
think about is how to dig deeper into the draw," she added.
Yan and Zhang next will face either American sisters Venus and
Serena Williams or Maret Ani, Estonia/ Meilen Tu, United
States.
"Our next opponents might be the Williams sisters. It is a good
opportunity for us during our run-up to the Beijing Olympic Games, " she said.
Fifth seed Sun and Zimonjic enjoyed an easy match against Liezel
Huber of the United States and British Jamie Murray, winning 6-2,
6-4.
Sun and Zimonjic made only three unforced errors against their
opponents' 11 in the 62-minute match.
A boy holds a Chinese
national flag during the match between China's Yan Zi and Zheng Jie
and Czech pair Nicole Vaidisova and Barbora Zahlavova Strycova at
the Australian Open on Monday, January 21, 2008.
(Xinhua News Agency January 22, 2008)
