Taipei Times
Date: Jan 20, 2018
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with AFP, MELBOURNE

Taiwanese players yesterday completed a clean sweep in the second round of the

Elina Svitolina takes a stride to return against Marta Kostyuk in their round three Australian Open match in Melbourne yesterday.  Photo: EPA

women’s doubles at the Australian Open, with Latisha Chan, Chan Hao-ching and Hsieh Su-wei safely advancing to the third round, as the temperature in Melbourne climbed to a stifling 43°C.

Top seeds Latisha Chan and Andrea Sestini Hlavackova took just 70 minutes to see off the challenge of Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia and Varvara Lepchenko of the US 6-0, 7-5 on Show Court 3.

The Taiwanese-Czech duo saved three of four break points and converted five of 11, winning 65 of the 107 points contested.    [FULL  STORY]