Chinese pair inflict more pain on Serena

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MELBOURNE (AFP) — Chinese doubles pair Yan Zi and Jie Zheng inflicted more pain on the Williams clan Tuesday by beating Serena and Venus in the Australian Open quarter-finals.

Serena backed up from her quarter-final singles loss to Jelena Jankovic just hours earlier to team with sister Venus as they sought a third title at Melbourne Park.

But Serena's day went from bad to worse when the Chinese seventh seeds rallied from a set down to walk away 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 winners.

It earned them a semi-final against Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Israeli Shahar Peer, the 12th seeds.

Despite a double day of disappointment, Serena said joining her sister on court after her singles disaster was theraputic.

"I definitely enjoyed playing doubles, because,...