‘Sometimes I don’t know where I hit it, too’ admits Hsieh as she promises more maverick ‘Su-wei style’ tennis
Unpredictable Taiwanese star falls just short of first slam singles quarter-final but went into match with Angelique Kerber without a game plan
The maverick Taiwanese former doubles world number one opened her box of tricks and almost cast a spell over the German two-time grand slam winner.
Kerber eventually reached the quarter-finals 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 in over two hours of riveting action.
An enthralled Rod Laver Arena crowd was treated to Hsieh’s full repertoire of drop shots, slow-paced winners and high looping ‘moon balls’ as time and again she found incredible angles to mesmerise Kerber.
“I’m driving her crazy?” Hsieh said, when told by media she had been driving Kerber “crazy a little bit”.
“OK. This is good you told me that,” said the world number 88. “Next time we try to do more. It was fun to make my opponent and myself run all the time.”
If Hsieh had a game plan, it worked a dream in the opening set which she won behind a dazzling array of unpredictable shot-making.
But the likeable Hsieh revealed she had forgotten to do her homework on Kerber and was making up her strategy as she went along.