SECOND ROUND:Lu Yen-hsun defeated Andrey Rublev in just 53 minutes, despite the Russian’s remarkable wins against the world No. 8 and world No. 12 in recent weeks
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 29, 2017
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter
Top seeds Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis yesterday took just 43 minutes to see off the challenge of sixth seeds Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Kveta Peschke 6-1, 6-0.
The Taiwanese-Swiss duo did not face a single break point and converted five of six, winning 51 of the 66 points contested.
It was the sixth time this year that the pairings have clashed, with Chan and Hingis improving their record over the German-Czech duo to 4-2.
In the semi-finals, the top seeds face third seeds Sania Mirza and Peng Shuai after the Indian-Chinese duo rallied from a set down to edge seventh seeds Alicja Rosolska of Poland and Abigail Spears of the US 3-6, 6-3, 10-5 in 1 hour, 15 minutes. [FULL STORY]