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WTA Finals: Zhang Shuai and Hsieh Su-wei secure invite to Guadalajara

  • Former champion Hsieh added Indian Wells title to Wimbledon win with Elise Mertens to secure invite
  • China No 1 and Samantha Stosur also make the cut for season finale in Mexico after winning US Open

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Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Elise Mertens of Belgium lift the Indian Wells trophy after winning the women's doubles final at the 2021 BNP Paribas Open. Photo: AP
Jonathan White
China’s Zhang Shuai and Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei have both made it to the WTA Finals in Guadalajara next month.
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Hsieh and partner Elise Mertens of Belgium secured their spot with victory in the women’s doubles at the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells at the weekend.

That was the second title of the season for world doubles No 1 Mertens and Hsieh, the world No 2, after winning at Wimbledon in the summer.

The WTA also confirmed that US Open champions Zhang and her partner Samantha Stosur have secured a spot, as have Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the US and Demi Schuurs of the Netherlands.
Zhang Shuai of China and Samantha Stosur of Australia celebrate with the 2021 US Open championship trophy after defeating US duo Coco Gauff and Catherine McNally in the women’s doubles final. Photo: AFP
Zhang Shuai of China and Samantha Stosur of Australia celebrate with the 2021 US Open championship trophy after defeating US duo Coco Gauff and Catherine McNally in the women’s doubles final. Photo: AFP
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Those three duos join the two pairings that already qualified for the event in Guadalajara next month, after it was moved from Shenzhen.

Czech duo Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova and the Japanese pair of Shuko Aoyama and Ena Shibahara had already made their spots certain last month.

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