NO PRESSURE:Kaohsiung-born Hsieh Su-wei has never before faced world No. 1 Serena Williams and she goes into the second-round singles clash with nothing to lose
Taipei Times
Date: Jan 19, 2016
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter
Hsieh Su-wei rallied from a set down to advance to a first-ever meeting with
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei returns to Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in their Australian Open women’s singles first-round match in Melbourne yesterday. Photo: AFP
world No. 1 Serena Williams at the Australian Open yesterday, while fellow Taiwanese Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan were handed the second seeding in the women’s doubles at Melbourne Park.
World No. 90 Hsieh fought back from 3-6, 0-4 down against Latvian world No. 81 Jelena Ostapenko, completing a 3-6, 7-5, 6-1 victory in a minute short of two hours on Court 5.
The Taiwanese saved seven of 13 break points and converted eight of 12, taking advantage of her opponent’s 15 double faults and 62 unforced errors to win 104 of the 197 points contested to advance to a second-round clash with 21-time Grand Slam winner Williams.
The Kaohsiung-born 30-year-old, who won her only two WTA Tour singles titles in Kuala Lumpur and Guangzhou in 2012, but who has two Grand Slam doubles titles to her name, will have nothing to lose against the world’s top-ranked player, who has won 69 singles titles. [FULL STORY]
