Su-Wei Hsieh slays Kimiko Date-Krumm in the second round – PTT Pattaya Open 2012
Taiwanese qualifier, Su-Wei Hsieh, crushed the Japanese rising star, Kimiko Date-Krumm, with a bagel at the PTT Pattaya Open 2012 on Thursday. She clobbered a 7-5, 6-0 victory over the 41-year-old Kimiko Date-Krumm to reach the quarter-finals at the Dusit
Thani Hotel in Pattaya City, Thailand.
World number 159, Hsieh, barely sweated in the second set to click the match in straight sets at this WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) International event held after the Australian Open. Facing each other for the first time, the Taiwanese not only advanced
into the final eight but also took lead in the head-to-head series by 1-0 against Date-Krumm.
The 26-year-old made a nervy entry on the Thai hard courts and lost her serve in the opening game. Regardless of recovering in the fourth game, she lost her proceeding two serves and went 5-2 down. However, the Taiwanese unveiled her true colours after this
and went on a five games rampage, subsequently sealing the opener by winning seven games to five.
The qualifier unleashed flurry of groundstrokes in the following set and reeled off all six games in a row, ultimately registering an assuring 6-0 victory in few minutes. She kept entire serves without facing any breakpoint and converted three out of five
break opportunities to her advantage.
All in all, the qualifier sought fourteen break chances and cashed in half of them. She manipulated a lower first serve share of 60 percent as opposed to the Japanese’s 68 percent but clinched acceptable 20 out of 32 points on it.
Next up for the Taiwanese is the Indian number one, Sania Mirza, who trashed the British veteran, Anne Keothavong, in straight sets to secure this place.
The defending Champion, Daniela Hantuchova, will accompany Hsieh in the last eight. She eased past the Polish challenger, Urszula Radwanska, in straight sets in their second meeting. The Slovak lost her serve once but broke the pole’s serve four times to
seal the deal with a 6-3, 6-2 victory.
Next up for the Slovak is the eighth seed, Vania King, who crippled the Russian challenger, Alla Kudryavtseva, with a breadstick to set-up this clash.
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