TOP SEEDS: Hsieh Su-wei will now be concentrating on the doubles along with her parter, Barbora Strycova, who was also beaten in the singles by Simona Halep
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 25, 2019
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP, WUHAN, China
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei yesterday exited the Wuhan Open in the second round of the singles after
Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic returns to Romania’s Simona Halep in their Wuhan Open women’s singles match in China yesterday.
Photo: AFP
World No. 32 Hsieh lost the first set against two-time Grand Slam champion Kuznetsova and, despite a spirited fightback in the second, she succumbed to a 6-2, 7-6 (7/5) defeat in 1 hour, 30 minutes on the hard courts in China.
The Russian saved two of four break points and converted four of eight, winning 73 percent of her second serves to improve her career record over Hsieh to 3-0 in their first match on the WTA Tour since two meetings back in 2013.
Taiwanese sixth seeds Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan, fresh from claiming their fourth title of the season at the Pan Pacific Open in Osaka, Japan, on Saturday, took just 67 minutes to complete a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Alison Riske of the US and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia in the first round of the doubles. [FULL STORY]