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]