Four years ago Hsieh prepared for winning the women’s doubles here by defeating Konta in Eastbourne. She cracked 17 winners past Hsieh, made only 18 unforced errors, served accurately and took the first set in 32 minutes. “I made it tougher for her to get into the match,” Konta said. Perhaps that can be explained by Konta’s past failures here. Yet when she whistled her second ace past Hsieh on her third match point the ensuing applause was warm and genuine.

Source: The Guardian July 03, 2017 20:15 UTC