Two-time Grand Slam champion Muguruza struggled from the start to keep pace with the tenacious 32-year-old whose last WTA Tour singles title came at Guangzhou back in 2012. The tall Spaniard had a medical timeout at 2-5 in the first set and after having a blistered foot re-taped looked briefly regalvanized. Muguruza said her feet were suffering in the heat as temperatures soared above 39 Celsius (102 Farenheit). Muguruza then broke back twice but Hsieh, who works closely with former Australian Open tournament director Paul McNamee, ran away with the tiebreak 7-1. Muguruza saved a first match point in the second set to get back to 5-4 but Hsieh made no mistake in the next game.

Source: Daily Nation January 18, 2018 06:22 UTC