▁At ▁the ▁US ▁Open , ▁she ▁suffered ▁a ▁three ▁set ▁loss ▁in ▁singles ▁to ▁Mag dal é na ▁Ry b á rik ová ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round , ▁but ▁was ▁successful ▁in ▁the ▁women ' s ▁doubles ▁tournament ▁with ▁partner ▁An abel ▁Med ina ▁G arr ig ues , ▁where ▁they ▁reached ▁the ▁semif inals . ▁H s ie h ▁p iled ▁together ▁a ▁h ug ely ▁successful ▁Asian ▁hard - court ▁season ▁following ▁the ▁Open , ▁winning ▁ 1 7 ▁of ▁her ▁last ▁ 2 1 ▁matches . ▁She ▁won ▁the ▁N ing bo ▁Ch allen ger , ▁a ▁$ 1 0 0 k ▁tournament , ▁defe ating ▁Z hang ▁Sh u ai ▁in ▁the ▁final . ▁The ▁next ▁week , ▁she ▁reached ▁the ▁final ▁at ▁the ▁Gu ang z hou ▁International ▁Open ▁dro pping ▁just ▁one ▁set ▁en ▁route . ▁F acing ▁the ▁ 1 7 - year ▁old ▁Brit ▁Laura ▁Rob son , ▁the ▁silver ▁medal ist ▁in ▁mixed ▁doubles ▁with ▁Andy ▁Murray ▁at ▁the ▁Olympics ▁who ▁had ▁defeated ▁both ▁four - time ▁Grand ▁S lam ▁Champion ▁Kim ▁C lij sters ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁French ▁Open ▁champion , ▁Li ▁Na , ▁en ▁route ▁to ▁the ▁fourth ▁round ▁at ▁the ▁US ▁Open ▁less ▁than ▁a ▁month ▁earlier , ▁H s ie h ▁played ▁the ▁most ▁inten se ▁tennis ▁match ▁of ▁her ▁life . ▁Despite ▁being ▁ 0 – 2 ▁down ▁in ▁each ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁sets , ▁having ▁five ▁match ▁points ▁saved ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁set ,