Taipei Times
Date: Aug 27, 2016
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Two Taiwanese tennis stars faced each other at the WTA Connecticut Open yesterday, with Chuang
Taiwan’s Chuang Chia-jung, right, teams up with Chang Kai-chen, left, in a match in Kaohsiung on Feb. 10. Photo: Huang Chih-yuan, Taipei Times
Chia-jung defeating Hsieh Su-wei and gaining a measure of revenge for her untimely exit from the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
In their women’s doubles quarter-final at the Connecticut Tennis Center in New Haven, Chuang and Katerina Bondarenko of Ukraine defeated Hsieh and Andrea Petkovic of Germany 7-5, 1-6, 11-9.
Chuang and Bondarenko next face Hungary’s Timea Babos and Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova in the semi-finals.
Taiwan’s media played up the match between Chuang and Hsieh, billing it as a game of “former friends turned adversaries,” after their relationship reportedly deteriorated following Hsieh’s decision to withdraw from the Rio Olympics.
Hsieh, who was Chuang’s doubles partner for the Games, announced her withdrawal from the Olympics following a row with officials from the Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee on Aug. 4. [FULL STORY]
