Published: 09:49, November 2, 2024
WTA roundup: Top 3 seeds reach Hong Kong semifinals
By Reuters
This photo, released by Hong Kong Tennis Open event management, shows Diana Shnaider competing at the WTA Hong Kong Open, on Oct 30, 2024. 

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.

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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.

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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.