2024-01-29 01:03 United Daily News reporter Su Zhishe/Comprehensive Report “Taiwan’s No. 1 Sister” Hsieh Shu-wei (right) and Belgian Mertens partnered to take the Australian Open women’s doubles championship. The two excitedly raised the trophy and jumped…
“Taiwan’s No. 1 Sister” Hsieh Su-wei continues to set records after her comeback. Yesterday she partnered with Belgian Mertens to win the Australian Open women’s doubles championship, setting a record that had not been achieved for 24 years and becoming the third person in the history of the Australian Open. Hsieh Su-wei said : “The key point is to enjoy the game.” This year she also has the opportunity to rewrite the record of being the oldest women’s doubles champion and winning four Grand Slams.
It is hard to imagine that Xie Shuwei rested for 18 months due to injury at the end of 2021. After returning last year, she successively won the French Open and Wimbledon women’s doubles championships. At the beginning of this year’s season, she won the mixed doubles and women’s doubles championships at the Australian Open. She has accumulated 8 individual Grand Slam trophies, raising the “Shu Wei Barrier” in Taiwanese tennis. Among them, she has won 7 women’s doubles championships, and the only missing piece of the puzzle is the US Open.
Hsieh Su-wei and Mertens faced the Ukrainian Chichenok/Latvian Ostapenko combination in the women’s doubles final. Although they only took 25 minutes to win the first set, the two sides fought each other in the second set and once tied at 5:5. In the end, they won the championship with a straight win of 6:1, 7:5.
“For me, the most important thing is to enjoy the game.” Xie Shuwei said at the post-match press conference: “Even if you are behind 0:5, you can still smile. It’s not a big deal. Teamwork is very important.” Mertens also echoed this. : “We really have a lot of fun on the court and it’s always fun to play with Shu Wei.”
At the age of 38 years and 24 days, Hsieh Su-wei became the second oldest women’s doubles champion in the history of Grand Slam. The first-placed Raymond was only 8 days older than Hsieh Su-wei when she won the championship. Hsieh Su-wei is also the third in the Australian Open singles since the public era. In the past, only Stubbs in 2000 and Kurt in 1969 were the first players to win the women’s doubles and mixed doubles championships.
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