SIBLING SEMIS: Hsieh Su-wei and Hsieh Yu-chieh upset the tournament’s top seeds, while Latisha Chan and Chan Hao-ching were taken to a super tiebreak before winning

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 20, 2019
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter

The Hsieh sisters yesterday stunned the top seeds in the quarter-finals of the doubles at the Pan Pacific Open, while fellow Taiwanese the Chan sisters survived a scare to book their place in today’s semi-finals in Osaka, Japan.

Unseeded Hsieh Su-wei and Hsieh Yu-chieh were the underdogs in their quarter-final, but managed to pull off a shock 6-3, 7-5 victory over Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands in 1 hour, 7 minutes.

The Taiwanese duo saved four of eight break points and converted six of 11, winning 63 percent of the points on their opponents’ first serve to advance to the semi-finals.

The Hsieh sisters next face Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine and Abigail Spears of the US, who rallied from a set down to defeat Japanese duo Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya 2-6, 6-1, 13-11 in 1 hour, 20 minutes.    [FULL  STORY]

SIBLING SEMIS: Hsieh Su-wei and Hsieh Yu-chieh upset the tournament’s top seeds, while Latisha Chan and Chan Hao-ching were taken to a super tiebreak before winning

Taipei Times
Date:  Sep 20, 2019
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter

The Hsieh sisters yesterday stunned the top seeds in the quarter-finals of the doubles at the Pan Pacific Open, while fellow Taiwanese the Chan sisters survived a scare to book their place in today’s semi-finals in Osaka, Japan.

Unseeded Hsieh Su-wei and Hsieh Yu-chieh were the underdogs in their quarter-final, but managed to pull off a shock 6-3, 7-5 victory over Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands in 1 hour, 7 minutes.

The Taiwanese duo saved four of eight break points and converted six of 11, winning 63 percent of the points on their opponents’ first serve to advance to the semi-finals.

The Hsieh sisters next face Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine and Abigail Spears of the US, who rallied from a set down to defeat Japanese duo Eri Hozumi and Makoto Ninomiya 2-6, 6-1, 13-11 in 1 hour, 20 minutes.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 19, 2019
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei yesterday crashed out of the second round of the singles at the Pan Pacific Open, then teamed up with younger sister Hsieh Yu-chieh to advance to the quarter-finals of the doubles.

Despite a spirited second-set fightback, the Taiwanese No. 1 fell to a 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 defeat to Belgian ninth seed Elise Mertens in 1 hour, 53 minutes in Osaka, Japan.

World No. 33 Hsieh Su-wei converted six of 10 break points, four in the second set, but saved only five of 12 as she failed to take advantage of her opponent’s six double faults.

The victory improved the Belgian world No. 24’s career record over Hsieh to 2-1 and saw her advance to a quarter-final against the winner of today’s second-round clash between Sloane Stephens of the US and Italy’s Camila Giorgi.    [FULL  STORY]

PAN PACIFIC OPEN: ‘In the second set, I felt a little bit more rhythm and more stable myself, my personal style,’ Hsieh Su-wei said. ‘It helped me a lot to get into the match’

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 18, 2019
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei yesterday battled back from a set down and saved a match point as she ousted former world No. 1 Garbine Muguruza to advance to the second round of the singles at the Pan Pacific Open, while the Chan sisters cruised into the quarter-finals of the doubles in Osaka, Japan.

World No. 33 Hsieh defeated the Spaniard — who topped the women’s rankings in September 2017, but has since fallen to No. 26 — 3-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-1 in 2 hours, 1 minute to improve her career record over the two-time Grand Slam champion to 2-0 after a straight-sets victory at last year’s Australian Open.

“I know that anything can happen because this is almost the end of the year,” Hsieh told the WTA Web site. “I just want to be more relaxed, going more to my game. Sometimes I lose a little bit of rhythm at the beginning, so I just need to play more games to get the rhythm.”

The Taiwanese saved six of 12 break points and converted six of 11, her six fewer unforced errors making up for the eight double faults she produced against the Spaniard, who has not won a match since beating Elina Svitolina in the third round of the French Open in June.6    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 14, 2019
By: Staff writer, with AP, HIROSHIMA, Japan

Nao Hibino yesterday advanced to the semi-finals of the Hana-cupid Japan Women’s Open in Hiroshima, Japan, by beating top seed Taiwanese Hsieh Su-wei 6-4, 6-3.

Making her first appearance in the quarter-finals in her seventh consecutive appearance at the event, Hibino broke Hsieh’s serve five times, hitting 25 winners to 27 unforced errors.

The 24-year-old Japanese world No. 146 saved both break points she faced in the final game of the first set.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 12, 2019
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei yesterday had to dig deep to maintain her defense of the Japan Women’s Open title, as Australian Priscilla Hon served for the match three times before the top seed eventually prevailed to book her place in the quarter-finals in Hiroshima.

World No. 29 Hsieh was made to battle for a second day, this time falling a set behind to the world No. 123, before fighting back to edge the match 1-6, 7-6 (7/2), 7-5 in 2 hours, 10 minutes.

The 33-year-old Taiwanese was well off the pace in the first set, failing to create a single break point as the 21-year-old Australian converted two of four to take control of the match.

“In the first set, [Hon] was hitting so well and I had no rhythm,” Hsieh told the WTA Web site.
[FULL  STORY]