Taipei Times
Date: Feb 26, 2020
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with Reuters

Taiwanese No. 1 Hsieh Su-wei on Monday failed to claim her first main-draw victory of the season at the Qatar Open, while American teenager Amanda Anisimova claimed the third victory of her career over a top-10 player.

World No. 53 Hsieh fell to 6-4, 6-4 defeat to Russia’s Vera Zvonareva in 1 hour, 21 minutes on the hard courts at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.

Zvonareva, 35, who reached a career-high ranking of No. 2 in 2010, saved two of four break points and converted four of six to beat the Taiwanese for a second time in Qatar after winning by the same score in 2018.

Hsieh has been knocked out in the first round of all five of her tournaments this year — Brisbane, Adelaide and the Australian Open, as well as in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, last week.
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