Taipei Times
Date: Jun 20, 2016
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP, BIRMINGHAM, England

The Chan sisters fell to a crushing semi-final defeat in the doubles at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, England, on Saturday, while Madison Keys reached the final of the singles and moved into the world top 10 for the first time.

Taiwanese top seeds Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan fell to a 6-2, 6-1 defeat in just 58 minutes in their semi-final against unseeded Vania King and Alla Kudryavtseva on the grass courts at the Edgbaston Priory Club.

The American-Russian duo saved all three break points they faced and converted five of six, winning 51 of the 83 points contested, a crushing blow for the Taiwanese sisters just over a week before the start of Wimbledon.

King and Kudryavtseva were due to face Karolina Pliskova and Barbora Strycova in the final yesterday, after the Czech duo ousted British wild-cards Naomi Broady and Heather Watson 6-2, 6-4 in Saturday’s other semi-final.     [FULL  STORY]