Sisters Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan advanced to the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong Open yesterday, while fellow Taiwanese Lee Ya-hsuan and Kotomi Takahata were 3-3 against British duo Naomi Broady and Heather Watson when their first-round clash was suspended due to rain.
The Chan sisters survived a second-set fightback by fellow Taiwanese Chan Chin-wei and Zhu Lin of China to complete a 6-2, 3-6, 10-2 victory in 69 minutes.
The top seeds saved two of five break points and converted four of seven, winning 61 of the 109 points contested to advance to a quarter-final against New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic and Zhang Ling of Hong Kong.
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Lee and Takahata were due to complete their match late last night weather permitting.
In the only singles match to finish before the weather delay, seventh seed Jelena Jankovic completed a 6-4, 6-3 victory over fellow Serb Aleksandra Krunic in 1 hour, 26 minutes.
TIANJIN OPEN
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