Top seeds Yung-Jan Chan and Martina Hingis had the measure of Sania Mirza and her Chinese partner Shuai Peng yet again, the Taipei-Swiss combination prevailing 2-6, 6-1, [10-5] in the semifinals of the WTA China Open tennis tournament on Saturday.
Chan and Hingis had beaten the Indo-Chinese pair last week too.
In the $125,000 Challenger in Kaohsiung, top-seeded Divij Sharan and Scott Lipsky of the United States were beaten by the third seeds Jonathan Erlich and Alexander Peya in straight sets.
Riya Bhatia advances
In the ITF women’s event in Colombo, top seed Riya Bhatia made the quarterfinals while compatriots Jennifer Luikham and Nidhi Chilumula bowed out in the last-eight stage. Dhruthi Venugopal had to retire from singles and later gave a walkover for the doubles in partnership with Riya.
The results: $7,027,063 WTA China Open, Beijing: Doubles (semifinals): Yung-Jan Chan (Tpe) & Martina Hingis (Sui) bt Shuai Peng (Chn) & Sania Mirza 2-6, 6-1, [10-5].
$125,000 Challenger men, Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei: Doubles (semifinals): Jonathan Erlich (Isr) & Alexander Peya (Aut) bt Scott Lipsky (USA) & Divij Sharan 7-5, 6-3.
$15,000 ITF women, Colombo: Quarterfinals: Tamara Curovic (Srb) bt Jennifer Luikham 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Josephine Boualem (Fra) bt Nidhi Chilumula 7-6(5), 6-1.
Pre-quarterfinals: Riya Bhatia bt Ramya Natarajan 6-4, 6-2; Rushri Wijesundera (USA) bt Dhruthi Venugopal 6-3, 2-1 retd.
Doubles (quarterfinals): Isabelle Boulais (Can) & Ye Xin Ma (Chn) w.o. Riya & Dhruthi; Ramya & Rishika Sunkara bt Nidhi Chilumula & Natasha Palha 2-6, 6-4, [10-5].
