Tennis/Hsieh Su-wei Returns To Win 2 Grand Slam Gold Cups And Is Shortlisted For The WTA Comeback Award

Dec 20, 2023

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Taiwanese tennis star Hsieh Shuwei has won the Gold Cup in the French Open and Wimbledon tennis Championships after her comeback, and the World Women's Professional Tennis Association (WTA) announced the shortlist of annual awards, and Hsieh Shuwei's outstanding performance was affirmed and shortlisted for the Comeback Award.

Hsieh Shuwei, 37, returned to the court at the end of April after 18 months of retirement, and in June this year to meet the first Grand Slam after the comeback of the French Open, and Wang Xinyu of China won the women's doubles championship; In July, she cooperated with Czech woman Barbora Strycova in the French Open and won the women's doubles Gold Cup. Although Xie Shuwei and Wang Xinyu stopped in the women's doubles semifinals at the US Open in September, they have already equalized their career best results in the US Open women's doubles.

The WTA announced the finalists for the annual award, Hsieh Su-wei along with four other players in the Comeback Award, They were Marketa Vondrousova of the Czech Republic, Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic, Elina Svitolina of Ukraine and Anastasia Pavushenva of Russia Pavlyuchenkova).

The WTA official website mentioned in the introduction of Xie Shuwei, Xie Shuwei due to recuperation, rest for 18 months, soon after the comeback to the outside world to prove its top doubles skill, not only won the personal career of the second French Open women's doubles championship, but also lifted the career of the fourth Wimbledon Gold Cup, to the sixth doubles end of this season.

"It is such a surprise and an honor to be on the list with such amazing and hardworking girls," Hsieh said in a Facebook post after being announced as a finalist for the Comeback Award.

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