MOUNTING UPSETS: World No. 47 Alison van Uytvanck defeated Garbine Muguruza in the second round, leaving only two of the top eight seeds standing after four days
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 07, 2018
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AP, LONDON
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei on Thursday safely negotiated the second round of the women’s
Hsieh Su-wei returns to Lara Arruabarrena in their Wimbledon women’s singles second-round match in London on Thursday. Photo: EPA
singles at Wimbledon, while Taiwanese sisters Latisha Chan and Chan Hao-ching cruised into the second round of the women’s doubles at the All England Club in London.
World No. 48 Hsieh took just 65 minutes to complete a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Spanish world No. 88 Lara Arruabarrena on Court 17.
The 32-year-old saved two of five break points and converted six of nine, winning 65 of the 111 points contested to set up a third-round clash with Romanian world No. 1 and top seed Simona Halep.
In the first round of the women’s doubles, fifth seeds Latisha Chan and Peng Shuai defeated Raluca Olaru of Romania and Wang Yafan of China 7-5, 6-3 in 1 hour, 37 minutes on Court 6. [FULL STORY]