French Open: Hsieh Su-wei eliminated in women's doubles, shifts focus to mixed

Taiwan's top tennis player, Hsieh Su-wei, and her Chinese partner Wang Xinyu have been eliminated from the French Open women's doubles competition. The duo, seeded 13th, suffered a straight-sets defeat in the second round on May 29, falling to the French-Chinese pairing of Kristina Mladenovic and Guo Hanyu.

The match, which lasted 1 hour and 21 minutes, saw Hsieh and Wang struggle to find their rhythm. After a competitive start where both pairs exchanged breaks of serve, Hsieh and Wang lost five consecutive games to drop the first set 1-6. The second set continued the trend of service breaks, with Hsieh and Wang managing to fight back from a 2-4 deficit to level the score. However, they faltered on their own serve in the crucial tenth game, ultimately losing the set 4-6 and the match.

This defeat marks the end of Hsieh's bid to replicate her success from three years prior, when she won the women's doubles title at Roland Garros. Despite the setback in the women's doubles, Hsieh Su-wei, known as the "queen of partnerships," will shift her focus to the mixed doubles event. She is teaming up with German player Mark Wallner, and the pair has already secured a victory in their opening match, advancing to the round of 16.