2024-01-25 14:54 United Daily News reporter Zeng Siru/Report immediately Xie Shuwei and Belgian partner Mertens won the marathon battle in 2 hours and 35 minutes with 7:5, 1:6, 6:3…
The “first sister” of Chinese tennis, Hsieh Su-wei, once again made a surprise at this year’s Australian Open. Yesterday, she won both matches in a single day, and she even entered the first Grand Slam final in her career in the mixed doubles; today she and her Belgian partner May in the women’s doubles semi-finals Elise Mertens faced Australian and Czech team Storm Hunter/Katerina Siniakova. She came back from an absolute 0:4 deficit in the first set, and finally won 7:7 in a marathon battle of 2 hours and 35 minutes. 5, 1:6, 6:3 to win and grab the final ticket.
Mertens was broken in the first serve game. Although the table match pair had a chance to break serve in the next game, they failed to grasp it. In addition, Xie Suwei also lost the first serve game, making the second seeded table match pair fall into a 0: 4 behind; in the 5th game, Hunter served, and the Taibi team broke serve for the first time. In the 7th game, when they were closer to the break point in a confrontation of more than 10 minutes, Snikova made a double fault, allowing the second seed to win 4 consecutive games to tie the game. In the 11th game, Snikova served, and the Taiwanese combination broke serve again. Xie Shuwei also grasped the serve at the end of the set, and came from behind to win 7:5 in the fierce battle in 59 minutes.
In the second set, Mertens lost the first serve again. In the third set, Snikova failed to seize three break opportunities in the serve and fell into a 0:3 deficit. Although Xie Shuwei held the serve, she continued to serve from Hunter. The opportunity to break serve in the game was missed again, and Mertens’ serve was broken again, allowing the Australian and Czech allies to equalize the set at 6:1.
Both sides maintained serve in the first 7 games of the deciding set, but the key came in the 8th game. The Taibi combination successfully broke serve thanks to Hsieh Su-wei’s wonderful performance at the net, taking a 5:3 lead. Hsieh Su-wei couldn’t help but dance happily on the court; Mertens continued Although there was a break point in the “serve game at the end of the match”, it was broken by Hsieh Su-wei’s volley in front of the net. In the end, Mertens won 6:3 with the winning ball. She entered the final and tied Hsieh Su-wei’s best score in the Australian Open, and had the opportunity to challenge Double championship in a single session.
Hsieh Shu-wei teamed up with Polish partner Jan Zielinski for the first time in the mixed doubles. The third-seeded Taiwanese and Polish combination reached the finals and will face the second-seeded American Desirae Krawczyk/Britain tomorrow. Neal Skupski.
The Australian Open mixed doubles champion can share a bonus of 165,000 Australian dollars, and the runner-up will receive 94,000 Australian dollars; the women’s doubles champion will receive a bonus of 730,000 Australian dollars, the second runner-up will receive 400,000 Australian dollars, and the top four will receive 227,500 Australian dollars. New Taiwan Dollar).
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