{"id":194114,"date":"2021-08-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taiwannewswire.com\/?guid=db1098b3a726473147bb60b4a124087b"},"modified":"2021-08-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T00:00:00","slug":"taiwans-hsieh-tops-venus-williams-at-chicago-womens-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taiwannewswire.com\/taiwans-hsieh-tops-venus-williams-at-chicago-womens-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan’s Hsieh tops Venus Williams at Chicago Women’s Open"},"content":{"rendered":"
Taiwanese tennis ace Hsieh Su-wei (???) advanced to the round of 16 at the WTA Chicago Women’s Open after defeating Venus Williams of the United States in straight sets Tuesday.<\/P>
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Facing the seven-time Grand Slam winner for the first time in her long career, the 35-year-old Hsieh took command of the match after saving a break point in the fifth game of the opening set, and she eventually won 6-2, 6-3 in 67 minutes.<\/P>
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The 41-year-old Williams, currently ranked 147th in the world, tried to get back in the match when she broke Hsieh to pull within 3-2 in the second set, but Hsieh returned the favor in the next game to go up 4-2, and she then held serve twice to clinch the victory.<\/P>
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Hsieh will next face Tereza Martincova from Czech Republic, who has a career-high singles ranking of No. 67, in the next round.<\/P>
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Meanwhile, Hsieh’s sister Hsieh Yu-chieh (???) and her Thai partner Peangtarn Plipuech defeated Indonesia’s Beatrice Gumulya and Britain’s Emily Webley-Smith 6-0, 6-1 in their women’s doubles round of 16 match to advance to the quarterfinals.<\/P>
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Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel<\/P>
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Taiwanese tennis ace Hsieh Su-wei (???) advanced to the round of 16 at the WTA Chicago Women’s Open after defeating Venus Williams of the United States in straight sets Tuesday.Facing the seven-time Grand Slam winner for the first time in her long care…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n