Chan Yung-jan advances in doubles

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Taipei Times
Date: Jul 06, 2016
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with Reuters and AP, LONDON

It was a day of mixed emotions for Taiwan’s Chan sisters at Wimbledon on Monday,

Andy Murray returns to Nick Kyrgios during their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in London on Monday. Photo: AFP

Andy Murray returns to Nick Kyrgios during their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Club in London on Monday. Photo: AFP

with elder sister Chan Yung-jan advancing to the third round of the mixed doubles, while younger sister Chan Hao-ching bade farewell to the grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis Club for another year.

Fifth seeds Chan Yung-jan and Nenad Zimonjic took just 47 minutes to see off Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia and Matwe Middelkoop of the Netherlands 7-5, 6-1 in the second round of the mixed doubles.

The Taiwanese-Serbian duo fired five aces, hit 11 winners and converted four of six break points, winning 61 of the 101 points contested to set up a third-round clash with Scott Lipsky of the US and Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia, who ousted Taiwan’s Chuang Chia-jung in the second round on Sunday.     [FULL  STORY]

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