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Chuang's hopes of Open mixed doubles glory over

Chuang Chia-jung's hopes of progressing in the Australian Open mixed doubles tournament came to an end as the Taiwanese and her Israeli partner, Jonathan Erlich, were knocked out in the quarter-finals yesterday.

They lost 6-4, 6-4, to China's Zi Yan and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas in a clash that lasted 76 minutes. The match stats were pretty even but in the end Zi and the experienced Knowles, who has 47 career doubles titles under his belt, justified their No. 3 seeding.

Meanwhile, Taiwan's Yang Tsung-hua upset the odds by beating No. 2 seed Jerzy Janowicz of Poland to reach the semi-finals of the boys junior singles competition. The 16-year-old had a day to remember as he also reached the final of the boys doubles tournament, teaming up with compatriot Hsieh Cheng-peng to defeat Australian duo Brendan McKenzie and Nat Maranga 6-0, 7-5. They will face Vasek Pospisil of Canada and Cesar Ramirez of Mexico in the final.
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