FALLEN STAR? Former world No. 1 Maria Sharapova had no answers about her future after a defeat made her an opening-round loser for the third straight Grand Slam
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 22, 2020
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP, MELBOURNE
Taiwanese interest in the singles at the first Grand Slam of the year ended yesterday after Hsieh
Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun serves to France’s Gael Monfils in their Australian Open men’s singles first-round match in Melbourne, Australia, yesterday.
Photo: Reuters
World No. 37 Hsieh fell to a comprehensive 6-1, 6-3 defeat to world No. 38 Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan in 1 hour, 18 minutes on Court 15 at Melbourne Park.
The Taiwanese No. 1 produced 28 unforced errors and won just 47 percent of points on her first serve, while Putintseva won 85 percent of points on her first serve and converted five of 10 break points to advance to a second-round clash with 26th seed Danielle Collins of the US, who defeated Vitalia Diatchenko of Russia 6-1, 3-6, 6-4.
The defeat left Hsieh to concentrate on the women’s doubles, in which the Taiwanese and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic are the top seeds. [FULL STORY]
