Taipei Times
Date: Mar 17, 2018
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Czech partner Barbora Strycova, playing their first tournament as a pairing, on Thursday stunned the third seeds to advance to today’s final of the women’s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open, in which they are due to take on top-seeded Russians Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina.

Unseeded Hsieh and Strycova defeated Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Xu Yifan of China 7-6 (7/2), 6-3 in 1 hour, 15 minutes in their semi-final in Indian Wells, California.

The Taiwanese-Czech duo saved one of two break points and converted three of four, winning 67 of the 118 points contested to book their place in the final.

“Isn’t it amazing?” a breathless Strycova told the WTA Web site after the match. “I feel great. It’s really nice to be on court with Su-wei. We just enjoy ourselves and are trying different things on court. It’s working and we don’t have any pressure on ourselves. We’re just enjoying playing together.”    [FULL  STORY]