UPPER HAND? Hsieh Su-wei and Barbora Strycova have a 1-0 record against the Chan sisters after a round-of-16 victory in Indian Wells, California, last year
Taipei Times
Date: Feb 23, 2019
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP, DUBAI, United Arab Emirates
Hsieh Su-wei on Thursday followed up her giant-killing heroics in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis
Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic celebrates after winning a game against Simona Halep of Romania in their Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships quarter-final in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday.Photo: AP
Championships singles by advancing to the semi-finals of the doubles, where she was facing a showdown against fellow Taiwanese Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan.
Third seeds Hsieh and Barbora Strycova defeated eighth seeds Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands 6-2, 6-4 in the quarter-finals of the doubles in 68 minutes.
The Taiwanese-Czech duo saved one of three break points and converted five of 13, winning 57 percent of their first-return points to advance to a semi-final against the ninth-seeded Chan sisters, who needed 1 hour, 26 minutes to see of the challenge of Darija Jurak of Croatia and Raluca Olaru of Romania 6-4, 7-5 in their quarter-final.
The Chan sisters saved five of eight break points and converted five of 11, winning 78 percent of points on their first service to set up the Taiwanese showdown. [FULL STORY]
