Taipei Times
Date: May 19, 2017
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AP, ROME
Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis survived a huge scare to keep their bid for
Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan, left, and Martina Hingis gesture after their win over Nao Hibino and Alicja Rosolska at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Wednesday. Photo taken from Facebook
back-to-back doubles titles on track at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia on Wednesday, while top seed Angelique Kerber was not so fortunate, losing her opening match at the Foro Italico to Estonian qualifier Anett Kontaveit.
Second seeds Chan and Hingis rallied from a set down against Nao Hibino of Japan and Alicja Rosolska of Poland to edge a tight second-round contest 4-6, 7-5, 11-9 in 1 hour, 38 minutes.
The Taiwanese-Swiss duo saved three of six break points and converted three of six, winning 75 of the 144 points contested to advance to the quarter-finals in Rome.
The second seeds are looking for a third title as a pairing and the second in a week after they triumphed at the Mutua Madrid Open on Saturday.
In the women’s singles, world No. 1 Kerber fell to a shock 6-4, 6-0 loss to Kontaveit.
Kerber joined Andy Murray, the men’s world No. 1, on the sidelines after Murray’s loss to Fabio Fognini on Tuesday. [FULL STORY]
