SWEET REVENGE:Taiwan’s Chan sisters survived another second-set near-meltdown, while Chuang Chia-jung avenged her Japan Open loss to Misaki Doi and Nara Kurumi
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 25, 2015
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AP, TOKYO
The Chan sisters survived another second-set wobble to advance to the semi-finals of the doubles at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo yesterday, while fellow Taiwanese Chuang Chia-jung avenged her doubles defeat to Japanese duo Misaki Doi and Nara Kurumi in the semi-finals of the Japan Open last week.
Second seeds Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan saved one of two break points and converted three of four to claim the first set of their semi-final 6-1, but then conceded three breaks and converted just one of four as Olga Savchuk and Xu Yifan rallied to win the second set 6-2.
The Chan sisters then fought back to claim the super tiebreak 10-8 against their Ukrainian-Chinese opponents in 1 hour, 11 minutes, the second straight match in which they were taken to the brink after comprehensively winning the first set. [FULL STORY]
