Taipei Times
Date: Jul 04, 2018 – Page 16
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP, LONDON
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei yesterday got her Wimbledon campaign off to a winning start by
Serena Williams of the US returns to Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands in their Wimbledon women’s singles first-round match in London on Monday. Photo: AP
ousting the 30th seed in the first round of the women’s singles a day after Serena Williams said she was still adjusting to the unique challenge of chasing an eighth title while making time for her baby daughter.
World No. 48 Hsieh defeated Russian world No. 29 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in 2 hours, 6 minutes at the All England Club in London.
The 32-year-old Taiwanese saved nine of 13 break points and converted five of 17, winning 107 of the 207 points contested to advance to a second-round clash with Spanish world No. 88 Lara Arruabarrena, who defeated Ana Bogdan of Romania 6-1, 3-6, 8-6.
Williams was on Monday back at Wimbledon for the first time since giving birth to Alexis Olympia in September last year and the former world No. 1 was having to get used to the increased demands on her time. [FULL STORY]
