Kazakhstan's Zarina Diyas first triumph at 2014 Australian Open qualifying singles
13:15, 9 January 2014
ASTANA. January 9. KAZINFORM Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan has advanced to the second round of women's qualifying for the 2014 Australian Open, Kazinform has learnt from Vesti.kz.
Diyas routed Aleksandra Krunic from Serbia in three sets 6:3, 2:6, 6:4. In Round 2 of AO2014 the Kazakh athlete will face Romanian Andreea Mitu who knocked out Anna-Lena Friedsam of Germany in the first round.
Another tennis player representing Kazakhstan Sesil Karatantcheva was less successful in women's qualifying singles as she succumbed to Chinese Ying-Ying Duan in two straight sets 1:6, 5:7.