In the blossoming women's tennis world, there are absolute power types like Serena Williams , defensive counterattack types like Kober , and spiritual sects like A-Radwanska (but she has retired) , can be said to be wonderful.
In the hands of a group of good women, Xie Shuwei is definitely a "wonderful" existence.
We can often see her wearing clothes without any sponsorship LOGO, using double forward and double backhand to play various "weird" returns.
At this year's Australian Open, she joined hands with her old partner Strycova as the top seed in the tournament and made great progress. In a women's doubles semi-final that ended the day before yesterday, they won 6-2, 6-3. Defeated fourth seeds Siniakova/Krejitskova.
While accepting tickets to the Australian Open women's doubles final, the Chinese Taipei star will surpass her partner Strycova in the new rankings announced next Monday, returning to the WTA doubles world No. 1 after more than five years.
The last time Xie Shuwei reached the top was in May 2014. At that time, she and Peng Shuai were tied for No. 1 and stayed at the top of the women's doubles for a total of five weeks.
So how did Xie Shuwei, who had no sponsorship, no coach, and even had to support a whole family, achieve such an achievement?
1.WTA’s weirdest playing style
As a typical double forward and double reverse player, Xie Shuwei relies not on strength in her playing style, but on the placement of her shots, especially in the choice of routes, often beating her opponents. Confused.
cutting, releasing small balls , lob... This style of play that is more like an amateur player is used by Xie Shuwei with great fluency. coupled with her deft footsteps, makes her the most feared player. one of the players.
not only has great achievements in doubles (including three Grand Slam championships + year-end finals championship), but Xie Shuwei also has outstanding results in singles.
Her highest singles ranking has reached No. 22, and she has won three WTA singles championships. Famous battles in her career include:
1) In the first round of the French Open in 2017, she upset the No. 8 seed Konta;
2) 2018 Wimbledon upset the top seed French Open champion Halep in the third round;
3) in the 2019 season, defeated Ka- Pliskova , Wozniacki , and Kerber , Naomi Osaka and many other experts.
2. Buddhist mentality
I believe that fans who have a certain understanding of Xie Shuwei must know her sad deeds. Compared with the smooth sailing of the Zhan sisters, Xie Shuwei's family has had much more twists and turns.
However, Xie Shuwei herself is quite indifferent. The siblings can't compete in high-ranking matches, so they take them in doubles. If they can't afford a coach, they don't hire one. If they don't have sponsorship, they play "shirtless".
Behind her iconic smile is an extremely strong heart.
At 4 o'clock this afternoon Beijing time, Hsieh Su-wei will usher in her first Australian Open women's doubles final with her partner. The opponent is the No. 2 seed Babos / Mladenovic .
Let us wish her good luck and hope that she can always maintain this bravery and persistence and remain fearless in future competitions to achieve greater glory! (Source: Tennis Home Author: Barbie)
