It's the Pacific Asia Grand Slam!!!!
So Taiwan has three women in the main draw: Hsieh Su-Wei, Chang Kai-Chen, and Chan Yung-Jan. Yung-Jan successfully made it out of qualifying. (Woot!) She had to win three matches and only lost ten games in the process. A huge Taiwanese contingent was there (probably over 500).
Hsieh plays Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino, who is playing in her first Australian Open. Chang plays Top 10 player Australian Samantha Stosur (solace is Stosur is dreadful playing in her home country and Chang beat her last year in Osaka). Chang got a horrible draw and is playing Daniela Hantuchova.
In doubles, Hsieh is playing with her friend Shuai Peng. Chang is playing with another Chinese-Yan Zi coming back from maternity leave. And of course, Yung-Jan will be playing with her sister. Draws will be announced later. Unfortunately top 50 ranked Chuang Chia-Jung is out with injury and can't play.
In men's singles, Lu Yen-Hsun plays Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain. Hidalgo is ranked about 30 places below Lu and has never won a match here. (So please please win your match Rendy....)
In qualifying, Taiwan had three men: Jimmy Wang lost first round while Ti Chen and Yang Tsung-Hua lost in the second round.
That's it for now. It'd be great to see if the same people who watched Chan Yung-Jan come out and watch more of the Australian Open!
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