Kerber through but 鈥榗razy鈥 Hsieh wins the hearts
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Hsieh Su-wei was happy to hear she had driven former champion Angelique Kerber 鈥渃razy鈥 yesterday, saying she had no plan to change her freestyling ways.
The former doubles world No. 1 from Chinese Taipei opened her box of tricks and almost cast a spell over the German two-time grand slam winner. But Kerber eventually reached the quarter-finals 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 in just over 2 hours of riveting action.
An enthralled Rod Laver Arena crowd were treated to Hsieh鈥檚 full repertoire of drop shots, slow-paced winners and high looping 鈥榤oon balls鈥 as time and again she found incredible angles to mesmerize Kerber.
鈥淚鈥檓 driving her crazy?鈥 Hsieh said, when told by media she had been driving Kerber crazy a little bit. 鈥淥K. This is good you told me that,鈥 said the world No. 88 before smiling 鈥渘ext time we try to do more. It was fun to make my opponent and myself run all the time.鈥
If Hsieh had a game plan, it worked a dream in the opening set which she won behind a dazzling array of unpredictable shot-making. But the likeable Hsieh revealed she had forgotten to do her homework on Kerber and was making up her strategy as she went along.
鈥淎ctually, my boyfriend was looking at her game earlier this morning. I forgot to ask him what she play, so, I actually have no plan to go on the court,鈥 she said. 鈥淪o I was trying to go my Su-Wei style, you know.鈥
Plan or not, she forced Kerber to the brink in the second set as the German served at 4-5, 0-15. Hsieh was three points away from a first ever slam quarterfinal in her 28th main draw appearance stretching back to the 2005 US Open.
鈥淚t鈥檚 not easy that game because she was serving pretty well, and of course then it gave me some pressure when I leading 5-4,鈥 said Hsieh. 鈥淚 was thinking, Oh, I have a chance. I want to hang in there and then get my shot.鈥
Kerber held and broke for the crucial advantage and held to love to level the match before easing to victory.
So how would Hsieh describe 鈥淪u-wei style鈥欌? 鈥淚 like to play freestyle. When the ball come, I decide at the last moment where to hit, so sometime the girls say: 鈥極h, I don鈥檛 know where she hit it,鈥欌 she smiled. 鈥淏ut sometimes I don鈥檛 know where I hit it, too.鈥
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