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Hsieh Su-wei, left, of Chinese Taipei and Peng Shuai of China pose for photographs after winning their women's doubles finals match against Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic during the Western & Southern Open at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Aug 18, 2013. [Photo/CFP]
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Wimbeldon champions Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei kept their fantastic year going at the Western & Southern Open, beating Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany and Kveta Peschke of Czech Republic for the Premier-level title.
The "cross-Straits" third-seeded pair, having first played together as teenagers, overcame an early fall behind and surged back to win the game 2-6, 6-3, 12-10, winning their first Western & Southern Open doubles title one month after theWimbledontriumph.
Peng of China and Hsieh of Chinese Taipei were in trouble early, dropping the first set, 6-2, but they came storming back to take the second set, 6-3, and built quadruple match point in the match tie-break, 9-5. They missed those four and another at 10-9, but they got sixth time lucky to win 2-1 at Lindner Family Tennis Center.
