GRAND SLAM CHAMPION: There is no letup for the Taiwanese No. 1, as she next faces Svetlana Kuznetsova: ‘Definitely it’s not going to be an easy match,’ she said
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 24, 2019
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter
Hsieh Su-wei yesterday rallied from a set down to upset 13th seed Caroline Wozniacki at the Wuhan
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei returns to Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in their Wuhan Open women’s singles match in China yesterday.
Photo: AFP
Fresh off the disappointment of losing the Pan Pacific Open doubles final in Osaka, Japan, with younger sister Hsieh Yu-chieh on Sunday, the Taiwanese No. 1 fought back from 5-1 down in the first set to complete a 6-7 (2/7), 6-1, 6-2 victory in 2 hours, 4 minutes on the hard courts in China.
“The first set was not easy, because I just came from Osaka. I lost early so I was not preparing for singles too much, because I was in the doubles with my sister,” Hsieh told the WTA Web site. “When I came on the court … I was a little bit lost and she was playing good as well. I asked my coach to come on the court and I said: ‘OK, I don’t feel anything. I feel weird.’ And he said: ‘It’s OK, just try to play,’ and I did. I tried to keep playing, and after a couple of games it was going better and better.”
The Kaohsiung native saved eight of 10 break points and converted six of seven, winning 59 percent of her points on second serve to follow up her 6-3, 6-7 (0/7), 6-2 victory over the Dane in Miami in March. [FULL STORY]
