Tennis at the 2010 Asian Games – Women's doubles explained

Event:Women's doubles
Games:2010 Asian Games
Venue:Aoti Tennis Centre
Dates:17–22 October
Competitors:40
Nations:12
Gold:Latisha Chan
Chuang Chia-jung
Goldnoc:TPE
Silver:Chang Kai-chen
Hsieh Su-wei
Silvernoc:TPE
Bronze:Peng Shuai
Yan Zi
Bronzenoc:CHN
Bronze2:Kim So-jung
Lee Jin-a
Bronzenoc2:KOR
Prev:2006
Next:2014
Quadrennial:yes
Multi:yes
Type:mixed and team

See main article: Tennis at the 2010 Asian Games.

At the 2010 Asian Games in the Women's doubles tennis event, Zheng Jie and Yan Zi were the defending champions, but only Yan chose to participate, and partnered up with Peng Shuai.They lost in the semifinals against Chang Kai-chen and Hsieh Su-wei, who lost the final to Latisha Chan and Chuang Chia-jung 7–5, 6–3.

Tie-breaks were used for the first two sets of each match, which was best of three sets. If the score was tied at one set all, a 'super tie-break' (the first pairing to win at least 10 points by a margin of two points) was used.

Schedule

All times are China Standard Time

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Wednesday, 17 November 2010 10:00 1st round
Friday, 19 November 2010 15:00 2nd round
Saturday, 20 November 2010 10:00 Quarterfinals
Sunday, 21 November 2010 10:00 Semifinals
Monday, 22 November 2010 11:00 Final

Results

Legend

Bottom half

References