Russian teenager Diana Shnaider reached the Jiangxi Open semifinals with a 6-0, 7-5 win against Japan’s Nao Hibino on Friday in Nanchang, China.
The 19-year-old Shnaider swept the first seven games in the 77-minute quarterfinal and will next face No 3 seed Marie Bouzkova of the Czech Republic, a 6-0, 6-4 winner against Colombia’s Camila Osorio.
Czech Katerina Siniakova and Canada’s Leylah Fernandez will meet in the other semifinal.
Siniakova advanced with a walkover after Germany’s Laura Siegemund was forced to withdraw before the match. Fernandez earned a 6-3, 6-4 win over Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus.
–Field Level Media