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Hsieh claims two wins as Guangzhou Open begins
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Reigning Guangzhou Open champion and Chinese Taipei’s first grand slam winner Hsieh Su-wei claimed victory in both her singles and doubles first-round matches in south China’s Guangdong Province yesterday, the opening day of the tournament.
Sixth-seeded Hsieh defeated Argentina’s Paula Ormaechea 6-1, 6-2 in 56 minutes in her singles match in the morning.
In the afternoon Hsieh then won her first-round doubles match with her partner, China’s Peng Shuai. The top seeds and Wimbledon champions overcame Maria Fernanda Alvarez Teran of Bolivia and Keri Wong of the United States 6-3, 6-3.
Hsieh will face China’s Zhang Shuai in singles next, after the wildcard entry defeated Russia’s Olga Puchkova 6-0, 7-6 (1).
Briton Johanna Konta won her opener against Richel Hogenkamp of the Netherlands, 6-3, 6-2, while Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic beat Swede Johanna Larsson 6-4, 6-3.
Galina Voskoboeva from Kazakhstan and Monica Puig from Puerto Rico will face off in the second round after both players won their first-round games.
Vania King of the United States also booked her place in the second round after a hard-fought 2-6, 6-1, 6-3 victory over South African Chanelle Scheepers, a winner here in 2011.
Laura Robson became the first British woman since 1990 to reach a main tour singles final at the Guangzhou Open last year and is seeded third this time.
In Seoul, third seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova recovered from a set down to secure a second-round berth at the Seoul WTA tournament in the South Korean capital yesterday.
The Russian dropped the first set of her match but rallied to see off Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues 5-7, 6-2, 6-3 in just under one and three-quarter hours.
Fifth-seeded Ukranian Elina Svitolina also seemed set for victory after cancelling out a first-set deficit, but Spain’s Lara Arruabarrena proved too strong and ran out the eventual winner 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.
Julia Goerges secured a 6-3, 7-5 victory in her first-round tie, despite a spirited performance from Misaki Doi.
“She stepped up her game in the second set, and it was a good win in the end,” the German sixth seed said of her Japanese opponent.
“I got a bit sloppy at one point, but managed to stay in there and find my strokes,” she added.
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