‘THE PROFESSOR’: South Korea’s Chung Hyeon became the first from his nation to ever reach a Grand Slam semi-final and is the lowest-ranked semi-finalist since 2004
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 25, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA and AFP, MELBOURNE
Hsieh Su-wei’s run at the Australian Open that saw her plow through a world No. 3,
Hsieh Su-wei, right, and Peng Shuai celebrate winning a point in their doubles match against Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic in Melbourne yesterday. Photo: AP
push a former Open champion to the brink and reignite a once-lethal doubles partnership has come to an end.
The Taiwanese veteran and Peng Shuai of China yesterday were ousted from the women’s doubles, falling quickly in the semi-finals to fifth seeds Timea Babos of Hungary and Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-4, 6-2 in 1 hour, 20 minutes.
Babos and Mladenovic hit 23 winners to their opponents’ four and won 66 percent of their first serves to Hsieh and Peng’s 51 percent.
However, eighth seeds Hsieh and Peng had their chances.
After falling behind 4-1 in the first set, the duo had a chance to pull a game back, but squandered two break points. [FULL STORY]