Taipei Times
Date: Aug 06, 2015
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP, WASHINGTON
Taiwan’s Chuang Chia-jung and Liang Chen of China upset the second seeds in the first
Japan’s Kei Nishikori returns to Australia’s James Duckworth in their match on day two of the Citi Open in Washington on Tuesday. Photo: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY
round of the women’s doubles at the Citi Open in Washington on Tuesday.
The cross-strait duo rallied from 4-1 down in the second set to oust Australian sisters Anastasia and Arina Rodionova 6-4, 7-5 and advance to the quarter-finals.
Chuang and Liang saved three of four break points and converted three of nine, winning 73 of the 138 points contested to stun the second seeds in 1 hour, 26 minutes.
They next face Belgian duo An-Sophie Mestach and Alison van Uytvanck or Irina Falconi of the US and Monica Niculescu of Romania, who were due to play their first-round match yesterday. [FULL STORY]
