Taiwan’s Hsieh, Mertens advance at BNP ParibasStaff writer, with AFP, INDIAN WELLS, CaliforniaTaiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and partner Elise Mertens of Belgium on Friday won their first women’s doubles match at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, after Hsieh earlier crashed out in the second round of the women’s singles. In little more than 49 minutes of play, Hsieh and Mertens downed Ukraine’s Dayana Yastremska and Amanda Anisimova of the US 6-1, 6-1. The duo advanced to the round-of-16 to face Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the US and Iga Swiatek of Poland, who in June eliminated Hsieh and Mertens at the French Open. Britain’s Emma Raducanu returns to Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus in their BNP Paribas Open women’s singles match in Indian Wells, California, on Friday. Raducanu won the first game of the opening set, but it was all Sasnovich after that in the first career meeting between the two.

Source: Taipei Times October 09, 2021 15:56 UTC