Taiwan’s Hsieh wins round 1 of women’s doubles at Wimbledon

Taipei Times
Date: 2019/07/05
By:  Central News Agency

London, July 4 (CNA) Taiwanese tennis ace Hsieh Su-wei (謝淑薇) and her Czech partner Barbora

Hsieh Su-wei (Wimbleton Facebook photo)

Strýcová gained their first win in the women's doubles tournament at Wimbledon on Thursday.

The third-seeded Hsieh-Strýcová duo knocked out Mona Barthel of Germany and Xenia Knoll of Switzerland 6-2, 6-1 in two straight sets.

Hsieh opened the match with her usual strong serves. In the first set, Hsieh and Strýcová allowed their opponents two games before beating them 6-2, registering an 80 percent first-serve success rate.

In the second set, the Taiwan-Czech pair kept up the pressure on Barthel and Knoll and cruised to a 6-1 victory.    [FULL  STORY]

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