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Australian Open: China’s Zhang Shuai Advances to the Second Round to Face American Alison Riske Next

Ritz Agranum   |

Jan 17, 2017 08:31 PM EST

Chinese tennis star Zhang Shuai easily passed through the opening round of the ongoing 105th edition of the Australian Open with a convincing 6-0, 6-3 triumph over qualifier Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus on Monday and booked another face-off with Alison Riske of the United States in the event's second round.