Tennis-Swiatek swats aside Hsieh to make strong start at Wimbledon

[ASFN Admin]

LONDON (Reuters) -World number nine Iga Swiatek made a convincing start to her Wimbledon campaign on Monday with a 6-4 6-4 win over the tricky Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan for her first main draw victory in the grasscourt Grand Slam. Poland's Swiatek, who overcame Hsieh on the way to last year's French Open title, made a strong start on Court One with a break in the opening game but allowed her unorthodox opponent to hang on before taking the first set on serve. Half of Hsieh's eight career wins against top-10 players have come at Grand Slams and the 35-year-old showed why she can be a difficult opponent for the best of players as she broke back after dropping her serve early in the second set.

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