PUGNACIOUS: Having risen to No. 29 in the world after Sunday’s win in Japan, Hsieh Su-wei had to fight back from a set down to overcome Swiss qualifier Jil Teichmann
Taipei Times
Date: Sep 19, 2018
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter
Taiwanese No. 1 Hsieh Su-wei survived a scare to advance to the second round of the
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei returns to Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia during their US Open singles second-round match in New York City on Aug. 30. Hsieh yesterday beat Switzerland’s Jil Teichmannin in their Korea Open singles second-round match in Seoul.
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singles at the Korea Open in Seoul yesterday, before teaming up with younger sister Hsieh Shu-ying to advance to the quarter-finals of the doubles.
Hsieh, who claimed her third career singles title at the Japan Women’s Open in Hiroshima on Sunday, had to fight back from a set down to overcome Swiss qualifier Jil Teichmann 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 (7/0) in 2 hours, 12 minutes.
The Taiwanese sixth seed, who rose to No. 29 in the world rankings following her victory in Japan, saved 13 of 16 break points and converted three of nine, winning 110 of the 209 points contested to advance to a second-round clash with another Swiss, Stefanie Voegele, who ousted South Korean wild-card Choi Jee-hi 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 on Monday.
Hsieh then returned to the hard courts alongside her sister in the first round of the doubles as they took 74 minutes to defeat Slovakia’s Anna Karolina Schmiedlova and Slovenia’s Tamara Zidansek 6-4, 6-4. [FULL STORY]
