MELBOURNE, Australia — Wang Ziying and Li Xiaohui have mixed to win China’s first Grand Slam title in wheelchair tennis.
Wang and Li had a 6-2, 6-3 win over Zhu Zhenzhen of China and Manami Tanaka of Japan within the Australian Open girls’s wheelchair doubles remaining on Friday.
Li was a quarterfinalist within the doubles right here final yr and reached the doubles semifinals on the French Open and Wimbledon. Wang was making her debut on the Australian Open after reaching the Wimbledon semifinals final yr in wheelchair singles and doubles.
For Zhu, the loss continued a run of shut calls at Melbourne Park, the place she’s been a runner-up in doubles 4 instances. She additionally was a runner-up within the wheelchair singles at Roland Garros three years operating.
Tanaka has been a semifinalist in singles and in doubles twice in Australia however has by no means gained a serious.
