Zheng,Yan failed to reach the Women's Doubles Semifinals at US Open
Sep 7th, 2006

China's Zheng Jie and Yan Zi lost to the sixth seed Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic and Francesca Schiavone of Italy 7-5 6-4 in the quaterfinal of the Womens Doubles at US Open.The second-seeded Chinese were unable to hold their service, losing the match in straight sets 7-6, 6-4 to Italy's Francesca Schiavone and Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic.

Zheng and Yan were crowned the Australian Open title in January to become China's first grand slam winners. The duo followed to make breakthrough in Chinese tennis as they won the double's trophy at the Wimbledon Championships in July.