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Taipei Times
Date: Oct 05, 2017
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP, BEIJING
Chan Yung-jan yesterday knocked out fellow Taiwanese Hsieh Su-wei in the second
Russia’s Maria Sharapova returns to Romania’s Simona Halep in their China Open women’s singles match in Beijing yesterday. Photo: AFP
round of the doubles at the China Open, while younger sister Chan Hao-ching was also ousted in Beijing.
Top seeds Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis, bidding to claim their ninth title of the season, had to rally from a set down before defeating Hsieh and Monica Niculescu of Romania 3-6, 6-4, 12-10 in 1 hour, 25 minutes on Moon Court at the National Tennis Center in the Chinese capital.
The Taiwanese-Swiss duo, ranked the No. 2 and No. 1 doubles players in the world by the WTA, saved two of six break points and converted all three they created to advance to a quarter-final against Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Xu Yifan of China, who defeated Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine and Raluca Olaru of Romania 7-5, 7-5. [FULL STORY]