By Dave Carroll / Staff reporterTaiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei (謝淑薇) and Czech partner Barbora Strycova on Saturday used “old-school tennis” to overcome the top seeds and claim the doubles title at the BNP Paribas Open. “It was tough, because it was first time for us to play on center court and it was very tricky conditions,” Strycova told the WTA Web site. We are going better and better.”The duo took a last-minute decision to pair up in California; Hsieh had entered with Monica Niculescu, while Strycova planned to play with Svetlana Kuznetsova. You can overcome the power with tricky points, to think how you plan the point every time, to cross, or play serve and volley,” Strycova said. It’s a little bit that maybe we play old-school tennis, but it’s still working.”

Source: Taipei Times March 18, 2018 15:56 UTC