Chinese tennis star Zhang Shuai and Salvadoran partner Marcelo Arevalo secured a hard-fought victory in Wimbledon's mixed doubles third round on Sunday, defeating China's Jiang Xinyu and Britain's Luke Bambridge 7-6(6), 6-3. The No. 2 seeds demonstrated resilience during a tense first-set tiebreak before dominating the second set with 71% first-serve accuracy at London's All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
Zhang and Arevalo will next face American-British duo Desirae Krawczyk and Neal Skupski for a semifinal berth. However, Zhang's women's doubles campaign ended earlier when she and Russian partner Ekaterina Alexandrova fell 4-6, 0-6 to Hsieh Su-wei of Chinese Taipei and Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko. Rain delays disrupted the match, with the pair struggling to regain momentum after losing a closely contested first set.
The mixed doubles success marks Zhang's continued strong performance in Grand Slam tournaments, while her women's doubles exit highlights the challenges of competing in multiple categories at elite levels.
