Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan exited the Australian Open in the quarter-finals of the mixed doubles yesterday, her second quarter-final defeat in two days at Melbourne Park.
Third seeds Chan and Rohan Bopanna of India fell to a 6-2, 7-5 defeat to Andreja Klepac of Slovenia and Treat Huey of the Philippines in 55 minutes on Show Court 2.
Chan and Bopanna converted just one of five break points, while their opponents converted four of six, winning 59 of the 112 points contested.
The Taiwanese-Indian duo hit more winners than their opponents, 25 to 19, but unseeded Klepac and Huey committed only half the unforced errors of their third-seeded opponents, nine to 18.
In the semi-finals, Klepac and Huey face unseeded Coco Vandeweghe of the US and Horia Tecau of Romania, who stunned second-seeded US duo Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Bob Bryan 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 10-6.
Next up for Chan is the Fed Cup Asia/Oceania Group I tournament in Hua Hin, Thailand, which is to start on Wednesday next week.
Chan is included in a strong Taiwanese side which includes her younger sister, Chan Hao-ching, the sisters ranked seventh and 12th in the world at doubles, as well as Hsieh Su-wei and Chang Kai-chen, ranked 90th and 137th in the world at singles.
Taiwan have been drawn in Pool B and face matches against China, South Korea and group favorites Kazakhstan.
The winners of the round-robin tournament are to play the top side in Pool A — Japan, India, Thailand or Uzbekistan — for a place in the World Group II playoffs in April.
Following the Fed Cup tournament, all four Taiwanese are due to travel to Kaohsiung to take part in the inaugural Taiwan Open, which takes place at the Yang-Ming Tennis Center during the Lunar New Year holiday.
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