Taipei Times
Date: Oct 12, 2015
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with AP, BEIJING

The Chan sisters lost out to top seeds Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza in a

Chan Hao-ching, left, and Chan Yung-jan pose with the runners-up trophy after the China Open women’s doubles final in Beijing on Saturday. Photo: screen grab from Facebook

nail-biting women’s doubles final at the China Open on Saturday night.

Sixth-seeded Taiwanese sisters Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan edged a tight first set, as they rallied from 5-2 down in the tiebreak — fighting off two set points — to take the set 7-6 (11/9) in 67 minutes.

However, the Swiss-Indian duo then upped their game, winning 14 points in a row to take the second set 6-1 in just 25 minutes and they clinched the victory 10-8 in the super tiebreak in a match lasting 1 hour, 40 minutes.     [FULL  STORY]