French Open: Hsieh Su-wei's mixed doubles run ends after second-round upset

Taiwan's top tennis player, Hsieh Su-wei, has seen her French Open campaign conclude after her mixed doubles partnership was defeated in the second round. Hsieh and her German partner, Mark Wallner, were overcome by the Spanish-Brazilian duo of Cristina Bucsa and Rafael Matos in a hard-fought three-set match, with a final score of 7-5, 4-6, 6-10.

The match saw both pairs exchange breaks of serve early on. Hsieh and Wallner managed to secure the first set by winning a crucial tiebreak. However, Bucsa and Matos, known for their clay-court prowess, mounted a comeback in the second set, breaking serve twice to level the match.

The deciding tiebreak saw the Taiwanese-German pair fight back from a 1-5 deficit to draw level, but they were ultimately unable to maintain the momentum, with their opponents pulling away to clinch the victory. This loss in mixed doubles, coupled with her earlier exit in the women's doubles, means Hsieh has now finished her participation at Roland Garros for this year.

In another women's doubles match, Wu Fang-hsien and her Japanese partner Eri Hozumi narrowly missed advancing to the round of 32. They held two match points in the second set tiebreak but were ultimately defeated 6-0, 6-7 (6-8), 2-6 by Ukraine's Nadiia Kichenok and Japan's Makoto Ninomiya.