Great credit to Chang for forcing the breaker having been broken to love when serving for the match.

LS froze at 6-2, so I presume Chang won that!

Quite a win for her!

well. She is clearly on a high. Gonna be tough.

now to see if heather can make the final of the dubs as well

SF: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 71 defeated DOI, Misaki (JPN) 123 7-6(2) 7-5

F: WATSON, Heather (GBR) 71 vs. CHANG, Kai-Chen (TPE) 134 (CH 82, July 2010)
There is no H2H record

Chang much the easier of Heather's potential opponents on paper, and another player ranked outside the top 100. However, Chang looks to be in top form and both Laura and now Sam Stosur have had great difficulty breaking her serve.
Heather, on the other hand, has been all over her opponents service games this week, so I think how Heather does on Chang's serve could be key to the final.

After a generally poor year post February, Chang has steadily built momentum since losing to Johanna at USO:

• R16 in the Ningbo $100K - losing to WR 271 in 3
• Qualified & R16 in Guangzhou, aided by a Bartoli RET - losing to Hsieh, 0 & 3. Didn't beat anyone ranked higher than her though - best win was against WR 152.
• Then this outstanding breakthrough week, beating four top 100 players McHale, Dellacqua, Robson & Stosur in successive matches. A better run and a better career best win than Heather has yet managed.

The match against Stosur was so impressive. Competitive all the way through every set, took the first from a break down; had 5-4 in the decider, broken to love, but held on at 5-6 to force the breaker and then dominate it.

If Chang can keep her form going, she's going to be a formidable challenge then. Perhaps the final will be a bit after the Lord Mayor's show for her after such a career best and elating win though.

Heather with every chance, but it's going to be very tough.

Doh