Chang Kai-chen was a two-time winner at the Jiangxi Women’s Tennis Open in Nanchang, China, yesterday, while Chan Chin-wei made it a clean sweep for Taiwanese players at the WTA 125K tournament.
Chang rallied from set down to defeat Zhang Kailin of China 3-6, 6-1, 6-3 in the second round of the singles on Court 2.
INTO QUARTERS
The Taiwanese, who won despite seven double faults, saved eight of 13 break points and converted seven of nine to complete the victory in 1 hour, 41 minutes and set up a quarter-final against seventh seed Wang Yafan of China, who cruised past Japanese qualifier Erika Sema 6-2, 6-2.
Chang was back on Center Court later yesterday in the quarter-finals of the doubles with partner Zheng Saisai.
The cross-strait pairing saved one of five break points and converted six of nine to defeat Japanese duo Mana Ayukawa and Kyoka Okamura 6-2, 7-6 (7/3) in 1 hour, 26 minutes.
The Taiwanese-Chinese pairing face second seeds Han Xinyun and Zhang in the semi-finals today.
The Chinese duo Han and Zhang defeated Gao Xinyu and You Xiaodi 6-4, 7-6 (7/4).
Chan and Wang Yafan of China also advanced to the semi-finals after battling past South Korean duo Han Na-lae and Jang Su-jeong in 2 hours, 4 minutes.
The top seeds saved three of eight break points and converted five of 15 to edge their opponents 7-6 (11/9), 7-6 (7/3).
INTO DOUBLES SEMIS
Chan and Wang next face the winners of today’s remaining quarter-final when Taiwan’s Lee Ya-hsuan and Alison Bai of Australia are scheduled to take on Japanese duo Miyu Kato and Kotomi Takahata.
In yesterday’s other second-round singles matches, top seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia beat Liu Chang of China 6-3, 6-1, while fifth seed Duan Ying-ying of China edged Zhang Ling of Hong Kong 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
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