Here's what has happened:
Best thing-Chan Yung-Jan winning her first round match against Daniela Hantuchova. Weird three set match but a win is a win. With the first round points and the added points from qualifying, Chan should make the Top 100 again.
Probably the worst thing- Chang Kai-Chen losing her first round doubles match. It wasn't that she and Yan Zi lost-it was just how badly they lost against Dominika Cibulkova and Ksenia Pervak 0-6 3-6.
Matches I watched:
Chang vs. Stosur
Chang was close in the first set due to her return of serve catching Stosur in no man's land. She served for the set at 5-4 but couldn't capitalize. Stosur ran away with the second.
Chan vs. Ivanovic
Tight three set match here which Chan lost. Chan was won the second set thanks to Ivanovic who seemed to be hitting for the fences. To be honest, Chan wasn't doing much and I wasn't too impressed with Chan's play. Her serve was significantly slower than the last time I saw her, and she doesn't look exactly 'fit.' Once Ivanovic got a brain in the third set, Ivanovic started winning quite comfortably.
Lu vs. Monfils
So Lu did win his first round that I expected him to win. Unfortunately he would lose 6-8 in the fifth set to Monfils. Both players were spent and exhausted. Lu seemed to have the more endurance but Monfils had more weapons in his shot selection that carried him to the end.
Hsieh/Peng vs. Johansson/Parmentier
Hsieh and Peng won 6-2 6-4. Nothing too spectacular-Parmentier made so many errors that Hsieh and Peng only needed to play around average to take this in straights.
So later today Lu is playing with Go Saeda in the second round of men's doubles. Hsieh is the only Taiwanese player in the mixed draw.
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