Taipei Times
Date: Feb 24, 2019
By: Reuters
Second seed Petra Kvitova recovered from a set down against Hsieh Su-wei to end the unseeded
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei returns to Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic in their Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships semi-final in the United Arab Emirates on Friday. Photo: Reuters
Taiwanese’s run at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Friday with a 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory that saw the Czech reach her third final of the year.
Kvitova, who made an astute tactical adjustment midway through the match that changed the course of the contest, was to face Switzerland’s Belinda Bencic in Saturday’s final.
Hsieh, who knocked out Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber and fourth seed Karolina Pliskova during her remarkable run to the semi-finals, kept Kvitova guessing with her unorthodox shot selection and soon had the world number four on the back foot.
Two-time Wimbledon champion Kvitova is one of the hardest hitters in the women’s game, but found herself outwitted by Hsieh in a tense first set and the Czech’s frustration showed as she made 12 unforced errors to Hsieh’s one in the opener. [FULL STORY]
