Kops-Jones/ Spears breeze past Chan/ Han into semi final – HP Japan Open 2011
Third seeded American team of Raquel Kops-Jones with Abigail Spears outwitted Taiwanese Chin-Wei Chan with Chinese Xinyun Han in the quarterfinal of the HP Japan Open 2011. The squads duelled on outdoor hard courts of Utsubo Tennis
Center in Osaka, Japan. After just sixty two minutes the American couple surpassed the Taiwanese/ Chinese duo in straight sets of 6-2, 6-3, on Wednesday the 12th of October 2011.
The first round of the match was commenced by Chan/ Han, who double faulted in the second serve and endorsed a game to their adversaries. Kops-Jones/ Spears were quick to capitalize from an early break and they then held their
serve in the following game to reel off straight two games against their adversaries at 2-0. The two squads successfully won a game on alternate service games and the scoreboard had progressed to 3-1 with the American couple leading the set.
In the fifth and the sixth game the crews again accomplished to bag a service game each and in doing so; they had further rotated the scoreboard at 4-2. The American duo wanted to bag a quick victory and took advantage of their
A-game by utilizing the break-serve technique to steal away the opening round with a 6-2 victory.
Chan/ Han again tried their luck at initiating the second round and repeated history by not bagging their first service game. While, Kops-Jones/ Spears not only benefitted from a breakpoint but also again broke their adversaries
in the third game to square off a 3-love lead over their opponents.
It was in the fourth game that the Taiwanese/ Chinese couple made a return and that too b y breaking their American challengers. As they held serve in the fifth game, they reduced the deficit to 2-3 but in the following two games
the teams won on alternate games and rotated the scoreboard to 4-3. In the eighth game Kops-Jones/ Spears skilfully handled their serve by smashing a beautiful crosscourt and were now only a game away from victory.
However, the serve switched and it was Chan/ Han’s turn to serve but they double faulted during their second serve and endorsed the match point to their adversaries. On the other hand, Kops-Jones/ Spears enjoyed an easy victory
of the set and the match.
The third seeded American pair tactfully reserved a spot in the semi final of the Hp Japan Open 2011 where they will be facing either top seeded duo of Vania King with Yaroslava Shvedova or Eleni Daniilidou with Mandy Minella.
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