Taipei Times
Date: May 09, 2018
By Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AP, MADRID
Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching yesterday crashed out of the second round of the women’s doubles at the Mutua Madrid Open, while Novak Djokovic celebrated a morale-boosting win in the men’s singles on Monday.
Eighth seeds Chan and Yang Zhaoxuan fell to 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 defeat to unseeded Alicja Rosolska and Abigail Spears in 1 hour, 31 minutes at La Caja Magica in the Spanish capital.
The Polish-American duo saved nine of 12 break points and converted five of 14, winning 72 of the 135 points contested to even their career record over the Taiwanese-Chinese duo, who triumphed in their only previous meeting in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, in February. [FULL STORY]