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MANILA, Philippines – Filipino-American Treat Huey and his Slovenian partner Andreja Klepac fell short in the mixed doubles semifinals, losing 6-4, 6-4 to American Coco Vandeweghe and Romanian Horia Tecau at the Australian Open on Friday, January 29.
The match lasted 1 hour, 7 minutes as Vandeweghe and Tecau enjoyed a 36-25 edge in winners and commited two fewer unforced errors, 6-8.
Huey, currently rated no. 34 in the world in men’s doubles, still made history as the first Filipino to reach a tennis Grand Slam semifinal.
Huey and Klepac earned $20,000 each in defeat, while Vandeweghe and Tecau earned $78,500 each and a spot in the Australian Open mixed doubles finals.
Vandeweghe/Tecau will meet the winner of the Sania Mirza/Ivan Dodig vs Elena Vesnina/Bruno Soares semifinal match in the final on Sunday.
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.
The 30-year-old Huey, raised in Virginia to a Filipino mother, had previously won 3 gold medals for the Philippines at the Southeast Asian Games. – Rappler.com
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