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Hsieh Su-Wei's Secret: Don't Eat Any Bagels


By Chris Oddo | @TheFanChild | Thursday February 11, 2021

After dropping her first three meetings to Sara Errani, and winning just six games and zero sets over the course of them, Hsieh Su-Wei had a strategy when she faced the Italian in third-round action on Day 5: Just don’t eat any bagels.

Hsieh, 35, may not be the oldest woman into the second week at the Australian Open—that distinction belongs to Serena Williams—but when it comes to bubbly candor and wit, she’s second to none.

“I have a record against Errani, three times,” she said after her 6-4, 2-6, 7-5 victory. “Everytime I have a bagel. A bagel means zero. ... Before the match I was just thinking: ‘Okay. … Better don’t eat the bagel today.’”

Whatever held back Hsieh against Errani in the past, it didn’t haunt her today.

Hsieh rallied from 5-3 down in the final set to book her spot in the round of 16 at a Slam for the fourth time. She clocked 48 winners against 44 unforced errors. 23 of those winners came from Hsieh’s backhand side.

Hsieh will bid to reach the quarterfinals at a major for the first time in her 38th major singles appearance when she faces Marketa Voundrousova of the Czech Republic in the round of 16. 

Hsieh actually reached the round of 16 on her first appearance at the Australian Open in 2008, and again in 2018. She also reached the fourth round at Wimbledon in 2018.

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