By Dave Carroll / Staff reporterTaiwanese third seeds Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan yesterday suffered a disappointing start to the season at the Brisbane International, falling to a 6-3, 3-6, 10-7 first-round defeat to Karolina Pliskova and Donna Vekic in 1 hour, 18 minutes. The Chan sisters, who claimed four doubles titles last season — Hobart, Australia; Doha; Eastbourne, England; and Osaka, Japan — saved 10 of 13 break points and won three of six, but were let down by a second service on which they only won 37 percent of their points as they exited on the opening day of their season. 1s — Latisha Chan and Sania Mirza — as well as reigning Australian Open women’s doubles champion Zhang Shuai of China. COCO GAUFF CRUISESTeen sensation Coco Gauff yesterday started the year in dominant form at the Auckland Classic. The American was unflustered by two double faults as she negotiated a blustery wind in her opening service game against last year’s semi-finalist Viktoria Kuzmova.

Source: Taipei Times January 06, 2020 16:03 UTC