SHOWDOWN: Rafael Nadal ramped up his quest for a fourth US Open title with an impressive win, while top-ranked defending champion Naomi Osaka was ousted
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 04, 2019
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP, NEW YORK
The Chan sisters on Monday set up a semi-final showdown in the mixed doubles at the US Open,
Taiwan’s Latisha Chan, left, and Croatia’s Ivan Dodig celebrate after winning their US Open mixed doubles quarter-final against Raquel Atawo of the US and Fabrice Martin of France at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York on Monday.
Photo: Screen grab off Facebook
Fourth seeds Latisha Chan and Ivan Dodig survived a second-set comeback by unseeded Raquel Atawo of the US and Fabrice Martin of France to complete a 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 10-3 victory in 1 hour, 31 minutes on Court 17.
The Taiwanese-Croatian duo did not create a single break point and failed to save either of the two they faced, but the reigning Wimbledon and French Open champions won 78 percent of their points on first serve to set up a semi-final against top seeds Chan Hao-ching and Michael Venus, who defeated eighth seeds Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic and Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands 6-3, 7-6 (7/0) on Grandstand Court. [FULL STORY]
