‘CHALLENGE COMING’: Hsieh Su-wei is looking to win a second Wimbledon doubles title, while Latisha Chan and Ivan Dodig hope to extend their winning streak together
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 14, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei on Friday reached the second Wimbledon women’s doubles finals of her
Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Barbora Strycova of the Czech Republic celebrate defeating Timea Babos of Hungary and Kristina Mladenovic of France in the Wimbledon women’s doubles semi-final in London on Friday.
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Third seeds Hsieh and Strycova edged defending French Open champion duo Timea Babos of Hungary and Kristina Mladenovic of France 7-6 (7/5), 6-4.
They were to face another major challenge in the final yesterday against fourth seeds Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Xu Yifan of China.
The Canadian-Chinese duo have never won a Grand Slam women’s doubles title, but on Friday showed they are in top form with a convincing 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 win over second seeds Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Republic.
Hsieh and Strycova have faced Dabrowski and Xu once this year, beating them 6-3, 6-1 on clay in Madrid in May. [FULL STORY]