The Chinese tennis player Shuai Zhangnumber 7 of the WTA and the Japanese player Shibahara Enanumber 5 of the WTA met the predictions by winning in the round of 16 of the WTA 500 tournament in Dubai in one hour and twenty-six minutes 7-5 and 6-4 to the Japanese Makoto Ninomiya Y Eri Hozumi, WTA number 31 and WTA number 49 respectively. After this result, the players get the position for the quarterfinals of the WTA 500 tournament in Dubai.
The defeated couple managed to break their opponents’ serve 2 times, while the winners did it 4 times. In addition, in the first service Zhang and Shibahara had a 79% effectiveness, 5 double faults and got 66% of the service points, while their opponents had a 72% effectiveness, committed 4 double faults and managed to win 55 % of points served.
After this match, the quarterfinals will take place in which Zhang and Shibahara will face off against the winners of the match that will face Eden Silva Y Kimberly Zimmerman against Lyudmyla Kichenok Y Jelena Ostapenko.
the tournament of Dubai (WTA Dubai) takes place between February 14 and 19 on an outdoor hard court. In this competition a total of 16 couples face each other.