‘TOUGH MATCH’:Lucie Hradecka, who also made the women’s doubles final with Katerina Siniakova, said they had played well in all the matches between the two pairs
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 10, 2017
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter
Taiwan’s Chan sisters are to contest two of the finals at the US Open in New York after
Peng Shuai, bottom, returns to Martina Hingis, right, and Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan during their women’s doubles semi-final at the US Open in New York on Friday. Photo: AP
Chan Yung-jan and Martina Hingis on Friday advanced to the final of the women’s doubles, while younger sister Chan Hao-ching and Michael Venus claimed a berth in the mixed doubles final.
Second seeds Chan and Hingis ousted fourth seeds Sania Mirza of India and Peng Shuai of China 6-4, 6-4 in 1 hour, 27 minutes on Grandstand Court at Flushing Meadows.
The Taiwanese-Swiss duo saved eight of 10 break points and converted four of seven, hitting 44 winners to set up a final against seventh seeds Lucie Hradecka and Katerina Siniakova, who upset fellow Czechs and third seeds Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova 6-2, 7-5 in 1 hour, 33 minutes.
“It was a tough one,” Hradecka told the WTA Web site. “It’s never easy in the semis or even the first round to play fellow Czechs, but I think we’re happy to make it through in two sets because the second set we lost momentum. Maybe that was my mistake because I called the physio after the first set. That might have made us less awake and caused a few mistakes.” [FULL STORY]
