Top seeds Latisha Chan and Hao-Ching Chan are one win away from claiming their 11th WTA doubles title as a team.
The Chinese Taipei sisters face fourth-seeded duo Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium and Johanna Larsson of Sweden in tomorrow’s Hobart International final.
“They are two experienced players, they have had a lot of good results apart from each other but also together as well. We’ll have to prepare for a tough battle,” Larsson said.
It is a second Hobart International doubles final for Latisha Chan, with the former world No.1 doubles player finishing runner-up in 2010. Her sister is making her debut in Hobart this week.
Larsson won the Hobart International doubles title in 2015 alongside Kiki Bertens, while this is a first final for Flipkens in her seventh visit to the tournament.
Fourth seeds Kirsten Flipkens/Johanna Larsson are into the #HobartTennis doubles final, beating Dayana Yastremska/Anastasia Potapova 7-5 6-4 in the semifinals tonight pic.twitter.com/G67zbYr9mc
— Hobart International (@HobartTennis) January 11, 2019
Road to the final
(1) Latisha Chan/Hao-Ching Chan (TPE/TPE)
R1 d Jessica Moore/Monique Adamczak (AUS/AUS) 6-4 7-5
QF d Dalila Jakupovic/Sabrina Santamaria (SLO/USA) W/O
SF d Monica Niculescu/Zhaoxuan Yang (ROU/CHN) 6-3 6-4
(4) Kirsten Flipkens/Johanna Larsson (BEL/SWE)
R1 d Sara Sorribes-Tormo/Lara Arruabarrena (ESP/ESP) 6-4 7-5
QF d Darija Jurak/Desiree Krawczyk (CRO/USA) 6-1 6-4
SF d Anastasia Potapova/Dayana Yastremska (RUS/UKR) 6-4 7-5