THREE-SET MARATHON:Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova finally won the singles title when she converted her third match point at 1:03am yesterday morning
Taipei Times
Date: Oct 17, 2017
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP, HONG KONG
The Chan sisters on Sunday claimed their second doubles title of the season at the
Chan Yung-jan, left, and Chan Hao-ching hold their trophies after retaining the Hong Kong Open doubles title in Hong Kong on Sunday. Photo: screen grab from Facebook
typhoon-affected Hong Kong Open, while Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova came from behind to win a marathon singles final 5-7, 6-3, 7-6 (7/3) against Daria Gavrilova in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Top seeds and reigning champions Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan took just 47 minutes to complete a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Chinese duo Lu Jiajing and Wang Qiang at the Victoria Park Tennis Stadium.
The Taiwanese sisters saved the only break point they faced and converted five of eight, winning 51 of the 78 points contested to add the Hong Kong title to the Taiwan Open title they won at the Taipei Arena in February.
It was world No. 2 Chan Yung-jan’s 11th doubles title of the season after the Taiwanese and Swiss world No. 1 Martina Hingis claimed the titles in Eastbourne, Mallorca, Rome, Madrid, Indian Wells, Cincinnati, the US Open, Wuhan and Beijing, taking her prize money for the season to just short of US$1.4 million.
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