 Chinese tennis pair Zheng Jie and Yan Zi lost to Yung-Jan Chan and Chia-Jung Chuang of Chinese Taipei in the semifinals of the Australian Open's women's doubles on Thursday. The Taipei pair powered their way into the final with a 2-0 win. They will compete for the title against Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber from South Africa.
In women's singles, Serena Williams has become the first unseeded woman to make the Australian Open finals in eight years, ousting Czech No. 10 seed Nicole Vaidisova with a 2-0 in the match. She will play against top-seeded Russian Maria Sharapova, who outplayed Belgian Kim Clijsters 2-0 in the other semifinal.
In men's singles, world No. 1 Roger Federer blasted his way into the finals of the Australian Open after beating No. 6 seed Andy Roddick in straight sets 3-0 in a semifinal. Men's No.12 seed Tommy Haas will compete against Chilean tennis star Fernando Gonzalez in another semifinal.
American twins Bob and Mike Bryan will play against Jonas Bjorkman from Sweden and Max Mirnyi from Belarus in the men's doubles final.
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