Kazakh-Chinese duo breezes into BMW Malaysian Open semis
19:55, 3 March 2016
ASTANA. KAZINFORM - Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan and Yi-Fan Xu of China breezed into the semifinals of the BMW Malaysian Open 2016 in Kuala Lumpur.
The Kazakh-Chinese tandem outplayed Nao Hibino from Japan and Ling Zhang from Hong Kong in straight sets 6-1, 6-2.
In the semifinal-match they will clash with Thai Varatchaya Wongteanchai and Chinese Zhaoxuan Yang.
In order to reach the quarterfinal Diyas and Xu beat Croatian-American duo of Darija Jurak and Nicole Melichar.
The prize fund of the tournament exceeds $225,000, according to the WTA's official website.