UPSETTING UPSET: Nadal and Cilic battled through four evenly matched sets before a leg injury left the Spaniard wincing, limping and eventually retiring from the match
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 24, 2018
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP, MELBOURNE
Hsieh Su-wei yesterday put her fourth-round singles defeat by Angelique Kerber behind
Rafael Nadal attends a news conference after retiring against Marin Cilic in their quarter-final at the Australian Open yesterday in Melbourne. Photo: AFP
her to advance to the doubles semi-finals at the Australian Open, while it was the end of the road for fellow Taiwanese Latisha Chan and Chan Hao-ching in the women’s doubles and mixed doubles respectively.
Eighth seeds Hsieh and Peng Shuai cruised to a 6-1, 6-4 victory over fourth-seeded Czech duo Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova in 1 hour, 13 minutes in their women’s doubles quarter-final on Show Court 2 at Melbourne Park.
The former Wimbledon and French Open champions saved four of five break points and converted four of nine, winning 65 of the 113 points contested.
The Taiwanese-Chinese duo hit 12 winners to set up a semi-final against fifth seeds Timea Babos of Hungary and Kristina Mladenovic of France, who survived a second-set meltdown to edge top seeds Latisha Chan and Andrea Sestini Hlavackova 6-4, 0-6, 7-6 (8/6) in 2 hours, 20 minutes on Show Court 3. [FULL STORY]
