‘GOOD FOR TENNIS’: Elina Svitolina easily outdid Karolina Muchova, but came away impressed with her style of play, which she said features variety rather than power
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 16, 2019
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with Reuters
Taiwanese sisters Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan on Thursday advanced to the semi-
Taiwanese sisters Latisha Chan, left, and Chan Hao-ching celebrate winning their Qatar Open doubles quarter-final in Doha on Thursday. “I’m sure you can tell who was working harder during the match by [the] sweating competition,” Latisha Chan wrote on Facebook. Photo: screen grab from Facebook
The Chan sisters took just 61 minutes to complete a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Lara Arruabarrena of Spain and Kaitlyn Christian of the US in their quarter-final at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex.
The Taiwanese duo saved three of four break points and converted four of six, winning 58 of the 98 points contested, helped by winning 62 percent of their points on second service.
The sisters were next due to face Veronika Kudermetova of Russia and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the semi-finals after they defeated Raquel Atawo of the US and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 6-4, 6-2 in 70 minutes.
In the singles, Halep battled past Germany’s Julia Goerges 7-6 (7/1), 7-6 (8/6) to set up a semi-final against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina.
Playing in her first tournament with new coach Thierry van Cleemput, Halep raced to a 4-0 lead in the opening set before her ninth-seeded opponent fought back to force a tiebreak. [FULL STORY]
