Rain saved Su- Wei’s match.

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Hsieh powerfully returned to score Eleni Daniilidou.

Sunday, 04 March 2012

KUALA LUMPUR: Taiwan’s tennis player Hsieh Su Wei giving all out to become the first ever Asian player to reach BMW Malaysian Open final at Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort last night.

Su Wei, who started her match in the qualifying rounds last Friday before the stars arrived in the capital city, defeated Greece’s Eleni Daniilidou 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 in a rain-interrupted semi-final match.

Su Wei easily wrapped up the first set with 6-0 but the Greek rival come back with a 3-0 leading the second set before the rain fall.

It takes 3 hour to have a completely dried court and Su Wei claimed victory by winning the decider 6-1 to secure her first-ever WTA final appearance.

26 years old, who previously won Under 18 junior event and now she has fought all the way to the final and hope to win first WTA final tomorrow.

Su Wei said: “I started well but in the second set I started thinking too much. I made too many errors as I was thinking of winning. But the rain delay saved me as I recovered to win the match.”

The Taiwanese has fond memories of Malaysia and is looking forward to the final. Su Wei final match will play either world with number 14 Jelena Jankovic of Serbia or fifth seed Petra Martic of Croatia in today’s final.