Taipei Times
Date: Jan 04, 2018
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with Reuters
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei yesterday advanced to the quarter-finals of the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, while younger sister Hsieh Shu-ying crashed out of the first round of the doubles.
World No. 83 Hsieh Su-wei eased to a 6-4, 6-3 second-round victory over Belgian world No. 183 Ysaline Bonaventure in just 69 minutes at the ASB Tennis Arena.
The 31-year-old Kaohsiung native saved five of eight break points and converted five of seven, winning 69 of the 118 points contested to advance to a quarter-final against Czech third seed Barbora Strycova, who battled to a 6-1, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2 victory over Sweden’s Johanna Larsson in 2 hours, 23 minutes.
Caroline Wozniacki continued to build on her WTA Finals victory last year with another impressive performance on her way to a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Croatia’s Petra Martic.
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