Hsieh and Wang win French Open women’s doubles after beating Fernandez and Townsend
By The Associated Press on June 11, 2023.
PARIS (AP) – Unseeded Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan and Wang Xinyu of China won the French Open women’s doubles on Sunday after beating 10th-seeded Leylah Fernandez of Canada and Taylor Townsend of the United States 1-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1. It was another upset victory for Hsieh and Wang after they beat sixth-seeded Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez to reach the final, and three other seeded pairs before that. The feat was made more remarkable by the fact it was only their second tournament together after teaming up at Strasbourg last month. The 37-year-old Hsieh is now a two-time winner at Roland Garros and five-time Grand Slam doubles champion – with the other three titles coming at Wimbledon. Hsieh and Peng Shuai won the women’s doubles final at the 2014 French Open. Hsieh had not played a Slam since 2021 due to injury, while the 21-year-old Wang’s first major came on her Roland Garros debut. Ranked 10th among the seeded pairs in Paris, Fernandez, of Laval, Que., and Townsend were playing in their fifth tournament together in 2023, after starting their partnership in March at Indian Wells. It was the first major final in doubles for the 20-year-old Fernandez, the 2021 U.S. Open singles runner-up. Townsend, in her only Slam final, was runner-up with Caty McNally at last year’s U.S. Open doubles to Barbora KrejÄÃková and KateÅ™ina Siniaková. AP tennis: https://apnews.com/hub/tennis and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports 10-9
