PARIS, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese pair Wang Xinyu and Zhang Zhizhen made history after coming from behind to beat Demi Schuurs and Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands to reach the Paris Olympics tennis mixed doubles final on Thursday.
The Netherlands pair collected the first set 6-2 in 37 minutes, while Wang and Zhang won back the second set 6-4. In the decider, the Chinese duo extended high morale to lead the tie-breaker and scored 10 points first against their opponents' four.
It is also the first time for Wang to team up with Zhang, whose original teammate was Zheng Qinwen, while the latter, who reached the women's singles final on Thursday, had to quit the mixed doubles for a concentration on the singles.
Earlier on Thursday, Zheng upset top seed Iga Swiatek 6-2, 7-5 in a historic win to book her place in the gold medal match in the women's singles. ■
