Taipei Times
Date: Nov 17, 2016
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter
Chang Kai-chen and Chuang Chia-jung advanced to the quarter-finals of the doubles at the OEC
Taiwan’s Chang Kai-chen, left, returns to Jessica Moore of Australia and Varatchaya Wongteanchai of Thailand as her partner, Chuang Chia-jung, guards the net in their OEC Taipei WTA Challenger first-round doubles match at the Taipei Arena yesterday. Photo: Chen Chih-chu, Taipei Times
Taipei WTA Challenger at the Taipei Arena yesterday, while fellow Taiwanese Hsu Ching-wen and Lee Ya-hsuan also won their first-round match at the WTA 125k tournament.
Chang and Chuang ousted fourth seeds Jessica Moore of Australia and Varatchaya Wongteanchai of Thailand 6-0, 7-5 in exactly 1 hour.
The Taiwanese pairing saved four of five break points and converted five of 12 to set up a quarter-final against Olga Govortsova of Belarus and Evgeniya Rodina of Russia.
Hsu and Lee defeated fellow Taiwanese Lee Pei-chi and Nicha Lertpitaksinchai of Thailand 6-4, 6-4 in 1 hour, 17 minutes.
The Taiwanese pairing converted five of 12 break points, winning 68 of the 120 points contested to advance to a clash with Russian duo Natela Dzalamidze and Veronika Kudermetova. [FULL STORY]
