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Hsieh leaves Andreescu lost for answers – Australian Open
The Rubik’s Cube of the women’s draw proved too tough to solve for the Canadian, winning in straight sets.
After narrowly finding a way past ‘fellow Romanian’, lucky loser Mihaela Buzarnescu, in the opening round, Andreescu had to back up and face arguably the most unpredictable, efficient and unorthodox opponent in the draw.
Dealing with so much of the unexpected from Hsieh physically and mentally took its toll.
Hsieh broke in the opening game and looked the more comfortable of the two as she nabbed the double break on a double fault from the Canadian for 3-0.
Andreescu finally began to find some range…
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