Taipei Times
Date: Jan 22, 2018
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP, MELBOURNE
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei yesterday maintained her winning streak at the first Grand Slam
Elise Mertens signs autographs after winning against Petra Martic yesterday in Melbourne. Photo: Reuters
of the season, while the Chan sisters were also victorious in the first round of the mixed doubles at the Australian Open.
Eighth seeds Hsieh and Peng Shuai took just 70 minutes to overcome 12th seeds Raquel Atawo of the US and Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 6-4, 6-2 in the third round of the women’s doubles on Show Court 2 at Melbourne Park.
The former Wimbledon and French Open champions failed to save the only break point they conceded, but converted four of eight, winning 62 of the 107 points contested.
The Taiwanese-Chinese duo are to face Czech fourth seeds Lucie Safarova and Barbora Strycova, who had to rally from a set down before overcoming Sorana Cirstea of Romania and Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil 2-6, 6-0, 6-4. [FULL STORY]
