Reigning Australian Open women's doubles champion Hsieh Su-wei moved closer to defending her title in Melbourne today, after a hard-fought three-set match.
Hsieh and Jeļena Ostapenko of Latvia edged past Marta Kostyuk of Ukraine and Elena-Gabriela Ruse of Romania 6-2, 5-7, 7-5 in a two-hour, 20-minute battle to secure a semi-final spot at the hardcourt tournament.
Photo: Taipei Times
The Taiwan-Latvia No. 3 seeded pairing next face No. 2 seeds Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand as Hsieh seeks her 10th Grand Slam title.
Now 39, Hsieh has won seven Grand Slam women's doubles titles, including two at the French Open and four at Wimbledon.
In addition, she captured mixed doubles titles at last year's Australian Open and Wimbledon.
Whereas in women's doubles Hsieh changed partners from Belgium's Elise Mertens to Ostapenko this year, she paired with Jan Zieliński of Poland in mixed doubles for a second consecutive year.
However, the pair were eliminated in the second round yesterday.
Hsieh has yet to win the US Open in any category, with her best result being semi-final losses in women's singles in 2012 and 2023, and mixed doubles in 2009.
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