No. 1 seed Diana Shnaider outlasted Suzan Lamens 6-0, 6-7 (4), 6-2 on Friday to advance to the semifinals of the Hong Kong Tennis Open.
Russia’s Shnaider converted nine of 11 break points against her Dutch opponent in the 1-hour, 52-minute victory, setting up a meeting with No. 3 Leylah Fernandez of Canada. Fernandez fired eight aces in a 6-1, 7-6 (7) defeat of No. 9 Bernarda Pera.
Second-seeded Katie Boulter of Great Britain dispatched Russia’s Anastasia Zakharova 6-4, 6-0 in 75 minutes and will meet No. 6 Yue Yuan of China, a 6-3, 6-3 winner against Sofia Kenin.
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Top-seeded Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic rolled into the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-2 victory against No. 5 seed Kamilla Rakhimova of Russia in Jiujiang, China.
Bouzkova won 90 percent (26 of 29) of the points on her first serve and never faced a break point. She next faces unseeded Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland, who posted a marathon 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (5) victory over No. 6 Arantxa Rus of the Netherlands in 3 hours and 24 minutes.
The other semifinal pits No. 2 Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia against Germany’s Laura Siegemund. Sramkova held off Italy’s Martina Trevisan 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 and Siegemund ousted Thailand’s Mananchaya Sawangkaew 6-4, 6-2.
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