Taiwanese Chan advances to third round of US Open

The 21-year-old defeated Austria's Tamira Paszek 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the third round.

Her previous best had been second-round appearances at the U.S. Open in 2008, the Australian Open in 2009 and at Wimbledon this year.

Chan was expected to meet top seed Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, who defeated Taiwan's Chang Kai-chen later in the day.

In addition, Chan and Zheng advanced to the second round that same day in the women's doubles.

Chan and Zheng defeated Eleni Daniilidou of Greece and Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 6 2, 6-1. The duo was the second pair formed by players from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait to advance in the tournament's women's doubles. Taiwan's Hsieh Su-wei and China's Peng Shuai also reached the second round.

Chan began playing with Zheng in February and the pair have twice reached the final four in international events. They are seeded seventh.

Despite being optimistic about playing with Chan, Zheng expressed concern that Chan will have trouble performing at her best because of the strain of competing in the singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles in the same tournament.

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