PAN PACIFIC OPEN: ‘In the second set, I felt a little bit more rhythm and more stable myself, my personal style,’ Hsieh Su-wei said. ‘It helped me a lot to get into the match’

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 18, 2019
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei yesterday battled back from a set down and saved a match point as she ousted former world No. 1 Garbine Muguruza to advance to the second round of the singles at the Pan Pacific Open, while the Chan sisters cruised into the quarter-finals of the doubles in Osaka, Japan.

World No. 33 Hsieh defeated the Spaniard — who topped the women’s rankings in September 2017, but has since fallen to No. 26 — 3-6, 7-6 (7/1), 6-1 in 2 hours, 1 minute to improve her career record over the two-time Grand Slam champion to 2-0 after a straight-sets victory at last year’s Australian Open.

“I know that anything can happen because this is almost the end of the year,” Hsieh told the WTA Web site. “I just want to be more relaxed, going more to my game. Sometimes I lose a little bit of rhythm at the beginning, so I just need to play more games to get the rhythm.”

The Taiwanese saved six of 12 break points and converted six of 11, her six fewer unforced errors making up for the eight double faults she produced against the Spaniard, who has not won a match since beating Elina Svitolina in the third round of the French Open in June.6    [FULL  STORY]