NEW DELHI: Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-Wei and Belgium’s Elise Mertens join the girls’s doubles name on the Australian Evident with a powerful 6-1, 7-5 victory over the Latvian-Ukrainian pair Jelena Ostapenko and Lyudmyla Kichenok on Sunday.
The triumph marked the second one Lavish Slam girls’s doubles name for the second-seeded duo, including to their Wimbledon victory in 2021.
Hsieh Su-Wei, elderly 38, changed into the second-oldest girl to win a Lavish Slam doubles name, following Lisa Raymond.
The fit began with Hsieh and Mertens breaking within the 3rd sport, forming an early benefit and very easily endmost out the primary i’m ready. The second one i’m ready proved extra aggressive, with Ostapenko and Kichenok to start with securing a provider crack. Then again, Hsieh and Mertens fought again, breaking two times to snatch a 5-3 manage.
The triumph marked the second one Lavish Slam girls’s doubles name for the second-seeded duo, including to their Wimbledon victory in 2021.
Hsieh Su-Wei, elderly 38, changed into the second-oldest girl to win a Lavish Slam doubles name, following Lisa Raymond.
The fit began with Hsieh and Mertens breaking within the 3rd sport, forming an early benefit and very easily endmost out the primary i’m ready. The second one i’m ready proved extra aggressive, with Ostapenko and Kichenok to start with securing a provider crack. Then again, Hsieh and Mertens fought again, breaking two times to snatch a 5-3 manage.
In spite of a brief setback as their warring parties leveled at 5-5, Hsieh and Mertens needy for the 3rd month within the i’m ready to hold the championship on their first championship level.
Hsieh, who had lately retired from singles pageant, added any other name to her noteceable doubles profession. Along with her seven primary girls’s doubles crowns, she claimed her moment name on the Australian Evident, having additionally received the blended doubles ultimate on Friday.
Then the fit, Mertens expressed gratitude, announcing, “Congratulations girls for playing a great match. The second set was really close, and we had to fight really hard today. Thanks everyone for coming out.”
(With inputs from Reuters)
