Taiwan’s former WTA doubles No.1 Hsieh Su-Wei shocked No.3 seed Garbiñe Muguruza at the Australian Open with a straight-set victory of 7-6(1), 6-4 to proceed into the round of 32
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/01/18
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News)—Taiwan’s former WTA doubles No.1 Hsieh Su-Wei shocked
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-Wei shocked No.3 seed Garbiñe Muguruza at the Australian Open (photo from Hsieh Facebook fan club夢遊寫真人謝淑薇 Suwei Hsieh)3
No.3 seed Garbiñe Muguruza at the Australian Open with a straight-set victory of 7-6(1), 6-4 to proceed into the round of 32.
At 32 years old, Hsieh is currently No. 88 in the WTA singles rankings.
“It’s never easy to play against top 20 girls,” Hsieh was cited as telling the press after the match by a report on the WTA official website. “I do a little bit better today and try to hang in there. I know the weather is going to be a little bit tough today because I hear weather is going to be over 39 degrees. I was thinking, ‘Ah, I’m from Asia. I maybe can handle it better than other girls.'”
Hsieh quickly got the upper hand with 5-2 lead, but Muguruza fought back to level the opening set. The Taiwanese tennis star quashed the Spaniard during the tie-break by dropping only one point. An identical lead in the second set proved too much a gap for Muguruza to close and Hsieh served out the upset on her second match point.
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