Taipei Times
Date: Nov 13, 2018
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter
Lee Ya-hsuan yesterday failed to make it into the main draw of the Taipei
Taiwan’s Hsieh Shu-ying, left, and Xun Fangying of China play in their Taipei OEC Open first-round doubles match at the Taipei Arena yesterday.
Photo: Nien Miao-yun, Taipei Times
OEC Open, while fellow Taiwanese Hsieh Shu-ying crashed out of the first round of the doubles at the Taipei Arena.
World No. 268 Lee fell to a 6-3, 6-0 defeat to Czech world No. 212 Tereza Martincova in 55 minutes in the final round of qualifiers for the WTA Tour 125k series tournament.
Martincova sent down four aces, saved one of two break points and converted five of seven, winning 60 of the 95 points contested to oust the Taiwanese 23-year-old and set up a first-round clash with Romania’s Elena-Gabriela Ruse, who defeated Olga Doroshina of Russia 7-5, 7-5 in 1 hour, 44 minutes.
Also advancing from the qualifiers yesterday were Zhang Yuxuan, who faces fellow Chinese Lu Jiajing in the first round, and South Korea’s Jang Su-jeong, who set up a first-round encounter with Susanne Celik of Sweden. [FULL STORY]
