MURRAY MASTERED:While the Taiwanese player was flying home, Japan’s Kei Nishikori remained on track to become the first Asian man to win a Grand Slam title
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 09, 2016
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP and Reuters, NEW YORK
Chan Yung-jan narrowly missed out on a rare Taiwanese appearance in a Grand Slam final at the US
Japan’s Kei Nishikori returns to Andy Murray of Britain in their US Open men’s singles quarter-final in New York on Wednesday. Photo: Jerry Lai, USA Today
Open on Wednesday, while Kei Nishikori stunned Andy Murray to reach the semi-finals of the men’s singles.
Chan and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia lost a hard-fought mixed doubles semi-final 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 to Laura Siegemund of Germany and Mate Pavic of Croatia in 1 hour, 38 minutes on Court 17 at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York.
“Even though we stopped at semis but still a great run, thanks to Nenad for playing together, I had a lot of fun!! Till next year,” Chan wrote on Facebook.
Siegemund and Pavic hit 35 winners and converted four of 10 break points, winning 76 of the 145 points contested to advance a final against seventh-seeded US duo Coco Vandeweghe and Rajeev Ram, who ousted Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Robert Farah of Colombia 7-6 (7/4), 6-4 in 1 hour, 28 minutes in their semi-final. [FULL STORY]
