Taiwan’s Chan Hao-ching advanced to the second round of the women’s doubles at Wimbledon on Wednesday as her elder sister, Chan Yung-jan, as well as Chuang Chia-jung and Chan Chin-wei all crashed out, while Hsieh Su-wei fell to the sixth seed in the second round of the women’s singles.
Chan Hao-ching and Alison van Uytvanck cruised past German duo Julia Goerges and Carina Witthoeft 6-2, 6-2 in 56 minutes on Court 4 at the All England Club in London.
The Taiwanese-Belgian pairing saved the only break point they faced and converted four of 11, winning 61 of the 98 points contested to advance to a second-round clash with Johanna Konta and Maria Sanchez yesterday after the British-American duo defeated lucky losers Misaki Doi of Japan and Stephanie Vogt of Liechtenstein 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) in their first-round clash.
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Australian duo Jarmila Gajdosova and Ajla Tomljanovic caused an upset on Court 9, when they came from a set down to defeat 13th seeds Chan Yung-jan and Zheng Jie 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
The cross-strait pairing, runners-up in the doubles at the Aegon International in Eastbourne on England’s south coast on Saturday last week, saved nine of 13 break points and converted three of four, but it was not enough as the Australians won 85 of the 160 points contested in 1 hour, 46 minutes.
The remaining Taiwanese will be hoping to avoid Court 5 for the rest of the tournament, as it did not prove to be a happy hunting ground on Wednesday, with Chuang and Chan Chin-wei crashing out in consecutive matches.
Chuang and Timea Bacsinszky were defeated 7-5, 6-3 by Mona Barthel of Germany and Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine in 1 hour, 14 minutes.
The Taiwanese-Swiss duo failed to save all three break points they faced and won only one of seven as their opponents won 68 of the 124 points contested.
Lucky losers Chan Chin-wei and Nicole Melichar, who replaced Dominika Cibulkova and Anna Karolina Schmiedlova in the draw, were beaten 6-2, 6-4 by Italian duo Karin Knapp and Roberta Vinci in 1 hour, 11 minutes.
The Taiwanese-American pairing saved nine of 13 break points and converted the only one they created, but they were overwhelmed by the Italians, who won 73 of the 123 points contested.
In the second round of the singles, Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic barely broke a sweat as she cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Hsieh in 1 hour, 5 minutes in the final match on Court 17.
Hsieh, ranked 125 places below the sixth seed, got off to an ominous start when she was broken in the opening game as Safarova raced to a 3-0 lead.
Another break of serve in the seventh game gave the Czech a 5-2 advantage, before she saw out the first set in comfortable fashion.
Safarova again opened the second set with a break as she swiftly established a 3-1 lead, before breaking again in the ninth game to seal her place in the third round.
Hsieh was due to return on Court 4 yesterday with partner Flavia Pennetta of Italy in the first round of the women’s doubles, when the seventh seeds were due to take on Romanian duo Elena Bogdan and Simona Halep.
In the first round of the men’s doubles, Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun and Teymuraz Gabashvili of Russia were due to take on Matthew Ebden of Australia and James Ward of Britain on Court 7 yesterday.
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