Australian Open 2021 - Hsieh Su-wei happy to avoid a bagel on way to fourth round

Hsieh Su-wei was delighted to finally avoid a bagel as she defeated Sara Errani in the Australian Open third round match, but moved on to more important concerns about whether or not she would be able to get food deliverred to her hotel during Melbourne's five-day coronavirus lockdown.

Behind Hsieh Su-wei's rousing third round victory over Sara Errani at the Australian Open on Friday was a simple plan: 'Avoid the bagel.'

The Taiwanese surprise package was badly thrashed in all three of her previous matches against the Italian veteran and each defeat featured a stinging 6-0 loss in one of the sets.

On the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, the 35-year-old ended that streak with a 6-4 2-6 7-5 win at John Cain Arena that booked her a third appearance in the last 16 at Melbourne Park, following on from 2008 and 2018.

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"It's so good. I have a record against Errani. Every time I have a bagel," world doubles number one Hsieh said on-court.

"Before the match I was thinking, better don't eat a bagel today."

Hsieh trailed 5-3 in the deciding set but won the last four games in succession to snatch victory from Errani and set up a clash with 19th seed Marketa Vondrousova.

There will be no fans in attendance as Hsieh bids to make a maiden Grand Slam quarter-final, with the state of Victoria having a snap five-day lockdown from Saturday to contain an outbreak of COVID-19.

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That will mean no dining out for the food-loving Hsieh, who has a number of favourite restaurants in Melbourne.

"I'm not worried about the (lack of) crowd, I think it's good for everyone to make sure we are all safe, to help the government," she said.

"I'm only worried about my Uber Eats -- if I can still get something to eat in my room."

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