🔥 Smash alert! Zhang Shuai of the Chinese mainland and France's Kristina Mladenovic teamed up to kick off the Dubai Tennis Championships with a powerful win. 🎉 In the women's doubles first round, they defeated the seventh-seeded pair, Sofia Kenin 🇺🇸 and Lyudmyla Kichenok 🇺🇦, with a convincing 6-1, 6-2 score.
💪 Zhang and Kristina started the first set strong, racing to a 4-0 lead before sealing the deal in the next three games. The second set saw a brief hiccup when Kenin and Kichenok managed to break once, but our dynamic duo quickly bounced back to secure the set 6-2.
🔜 Next up, Zhang and Kristina will face the American duo McCartney Kessler and Clara Tauson in an exciting second-round match. Stay tuned for more thrilling tennis action! 🎾✨
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Zhang, Mladenovic progress in doubles at Dubai Championships
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