But Wei started the second set far more aggressively and a weight was lifted when she finally got on the board after clinching the first game with a forehand winner. An increasingly confident Wei had ...

China Airlines Chairman Hsieh Su-Chien (right) pictured in 2023 with Boeing's Stan Deal after signing on for more 787s. Credit: Boeing SINGAPORE—The chairman of Taiwan's China Airlines ...

But Wei started the second set far more aggressively and a weight was lifted when she finally got on the board after clinching the first game with a forehand winner. An increasingly confident Wei ...

Paolini had to raise her game to shake off Wei, breaking her in the fifth game with a forehand return winner. Wei saved a match point at 5-3 but Paolini served it out in the next game, bolting forward ...

Paolini had to raise her game to shake off Wei, breaking her in the fifth game with a forehand return winner. Wei saved a match point at 5-3 but Paolini served it out in the next game, bolting ...

Wei made 16 unforced errors. Paolini saved two break points she faced in the second and fourth games and hit a series of forehand winners. Wei won three qualifying matches to advance to the main draw.

It took Paolini until the fifth game before she was able to break again, this time with a thumping inside-out forehand return winner. That breakthrough proved to be the decisive moment of the set, ...

Initially, Gauff’s forehand looked to need a grip adjustment, too. Like Swiatek, she basically grips her racket from underneath the handle — a heavy western grip. Changing a forehand grip ...