MANILA, Philippines – Filipino-American tennis player Treat Huey and his partner Andreja Klepac of Slovenia defeated Yung-Jan Chan and Rohan Bopanna in the mixed doubles quarterfinal round of the 2016 Australian Open, 6-2, 7-5, on Wednesday, January 27, in Melbourne.
Huey and Klepac won the 55-minute match thanks mostly to the 18 unforced errors by Bopanna and Chan.
Huey and Klepac will play American Coco Vandeweghe and Romanian Horia Tecau in their semis showdown. Vandeweghe and Tecau advanced from the quarters with a 3-set victory over Bob Ryan and Bethanie Mattek-Sands, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 10-6.
On Tuesday, Huey saw his campaign in the Australian Open men’s doubles tournament come to an end when he and his partner, Max Mirnyi of Belarus, were defeated by Daniel Nestor of Canada and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-4. – Rappler.com