REVENGE: Taiwanese-Chinese duo, Chan Hao-ching and Yang Zhaoxuan, defeated Romania’s Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzarnescu to advance to the women’s doubles semi-final
Taipei Times
Date: Jun 07, 2018
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with Reuters, PARIS
Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching on Tuesday avenged her elder sister’s defeat in the women’s
Italy’s Marco Cecchinato celebrates winning his French Open quarter-final match against Serbia’s Novak Djokovic in Paris on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
doubles quarter-finals at the French Open, while Italy’s Marco Cecchinato believes his life will never be the same again after beating Novak Djokovic in their men’s singles quarter-final at Roland Garros.
Eighth seeds Chan and Yang Zhaoxuan survived a second-set wobble to oust unseeded Romanian duo Irina Bara and Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-3, 1-6, 6-4 in 1 hour, 44 minutes on the clay courts in Paris.
The Taiwanese-Chinese duo saved two of seven break points and converted five of 10, winning 76 of the 151 points contested.
The Romanians had knocked out Chan’s elder sister, Latisha, and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, the fourth seeds, last week, but the Taiwanese 24-year-old and her 23-year-old Chinese partner exacted a measure of revenge, despite nearly throwing away a 5-2 lead in the final set. [FULL STORY]
