2017 Taipei City
Taipei Gallery: A Star-Studded Week
Hsieh Su-Wei brought her Wimbledon and TEB BNP Paribas WTA Championships trophies out to the OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open - see all the best pics of her visit, the finals and more, right here!
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The draw for the OEC Taipei WTA Ladies Open was packed, including Japanese No.1 Kimiko Date-Krumm.
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But Date-Krumm fell first round - as did Chinese rising prospect Zhang Shuai, who succumbed to injury.
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But with the No.1 and No.3 seeds falling early, No.2 seed Yanina Wickmayer saw an opportunity...
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As did an unseeded Alison Van Uytvanck, who battled through to the final of the WTA 125K Series stop.
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And it was Van Uytvanck who ended up taking the title, beating Wickmayer in an all-Belgian final.
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Van Uytvanck captured the title and subsequently made her Top 100 debut on the November 11 rankings.
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Wickmayer may not have won the title but it was a strong finish to the former Top 15 player's season.
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Van Uytvanck also had a fantastic week in doubles, making the final alongside Anna-Lena Friedsam.
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At the end of the day the team that came out on top was Caroline Garcia and Yaroslava Shvedova.
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Friedsam and Van Uytvanck, both 19 years old, are two of the WTA's promising young up-and-comers.
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Garcia and Shvedova were playing together for the first time and went all the way to the title.
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There was a lot of off-court action in Taipei too, including Chinese Taipei natives the Chan sisters.
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And Chinese Taipei's shining star, Hsieh Su-Wei, who couldn't play the event but came to see the fans.
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In 2012, Hsieh became the second player from Chinese Taipei to win a WTA title, after Wang Shi-Ting.
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