Grand Slam champions Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai of China have qualified for the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore, set to take place at the state-of-the-art Singapore Sports Hub next month.
Winners of this year’s French Open, their second Grand Slam doubles title together after Wimbledon last year, the cross-strait duo this year also won the doubles titles in Doha and Indian Wells, California, boosting their record in WTA Tour doubles finals to 12-0.
They also both rose to No. 1 in the world rankings this year, the first Taiwanese and Chinese world No. 1s in singles or doubles.
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Hsieh and Peng are to be defending their WTA Finals title, which they won last year when it was staged in Istanbul, Turkey.
“I am very excited to make the WTA Finals in Singapore,” Peng told the WTA Tour Web site. “The last couple of years in China, tennis has become more and more popular. This is the first time the WTA Finals will be in Asia and Singapore is a really interesting city, and last year we had a really good tournament.”
“Hsieh and Peng already know what it takes to win on the biggest stages,” WTA Finals legends ambassador Martina Navratilova told the WTA Tour Web site. “Their distinctive style, both playing double-handed off both sides, gives their opponents real headaches, but it’s a lot of fun to watch. The fans in Singapore are in for a real treat this year.”
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