20yo sensation from Kazakhstan heads home after 3rd round of 2014 Australian Open

ASTANA. January 18. KAZINFORM The 20-year-old sensation of the 2014 Australian Open from Kazakhstan Zarina Diyas lost to the 11th seed Simona Halep from Romania in the third round of the tournament at Melbourne Park Saturday morning, Kazinform refers to Vesti.kz.

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The more experienced Halep dominated throughout the match, routing the Kazakh athlete in two straight sets 6:1, 6:4.

It is worth mentioning that Diyas is the only Kazakhstani tennis player who reached the third round of the Grand Slam tournament in Melbourne.