Zoe Hives recently defeated former WTA Top-10 Patty Schnyder for the second time in consecutive weeks to progress to the quarterfinals at the Smart Fibre Launceston International. “To come out and have to play her again was kind of hard,” Hives said.
“She’s been so good, I knew she was going to try something different to beat me and it felt like she was much more aggressive today. I’m definitely happy to get the win again.” After a recent title win in Playford and a Semi-final last week at the $60,000 ITF event in Burnie, Hives is finding some consistency at the ITF levels and looking to continue it at the highest levels.
“I’ve had some success against a lot of top 200 players now, so I’m definitely feeling more confident in my ability to beat them,” she said. “I feel like I’m on the right track.”
Launceston TAS, Australia, 9 February 2018 | Philip Anderson
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