Saturday, February 27, 2010

Dementieva enters semis in Malaysia


Elena Dementieva marched into the semi-finals of the Malaysian Open with a straight-sets victory over Magdalena Rybarikova.

The number one seeded Russian overran her Slovakian opponent during the opening set, taking it 6-0.

And the world number seven then won the second 6-3 to progress in little over an hour.

She will now face sixth-seed Sybille Bammer after the German secured a 3-6 6-3 6-3 success against Taiwan's Kai-Chen Chang.

Fourth seed Alisa Kleybanova was forced to recover from a set down to secure her place in the last four.

Kleybanova lost the first set 4-6 to Australia's Anastasia Rodionova but recovered to claim a 4-6 6-3 6-4 victory.

The Russian will now meet Japan's Ayumi Morita after she defeated South Africa's Chanelle Scheepers 6-3 7-5.

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