Taipei Times 
Date: Oct 08, 2017
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with Reuters, BEIJING

Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan yesterday advanced to her second consecutive doubles final in China, while Romanian second seed Simona Halep advanced to the singles final and claimed the No. 1 spot in the world rankings.

Top seeds Chan and Martina Hingis had to rally from a set down before completing a second consecutive semi-final victory over third seeds Sania Mirza of India and Peng Shuai of China at the China Open.

The Taiwanese-Swiss duo saved four of eight break points and converted four of six to complete a 2-6, 6-1, 10-5 victory in 1 hour, 16 minutes at the National Tennis Center in Beijing.    [FULL  STORY]