Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/09/09
By: Lee Chin-wei, Huang Yao-ping and Ko Lin
Taipei, Sept. 9 (CNA) Taiwanese tennis sisters Chan Yung-jan (詹詠然) and Chan Hao-
Chan Yung-jan (詹詠然, left) with Martina Hingis, and Chan Hao-ching (詹皓晴, right) with Michael Venus. Photo courtesy of Liu Hsueh-chen
ching (詹皓晴) reached the finals of the women’s and mixed doubles, respectively, at the US Open on Friday.
The tournament’s second-seeded pair Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis of Switzerland defeated Sania Mirza of India and Shuai Peng of China 6-4, 6-4 in 1 hour, 27 minutes in the women’s doubles semifinals.
Chan and Hingis will come up against seventh seeds Lucie Hradecka and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic in the final at Flushing Meadows in New York.
Meanwhile, the younger sister Chan Hao-ching, alongside Michael Venus of Australia, fought past the unseeded pair Anastasia Rodionova of Australia and Oliver Marach of Austria, 6-1, 7-6 (6) in their semifinal match in 1 hour, 11 minutes. [FULL STORY]