KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) " Magda Linette of Poland knocked out the last remaining seed in the Malaysian Open when she beat No. 5 Duan Ying Ying of China 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1 in the quarterfinals on Friday. Linette's first WTA semifinals since reaching the 2015 Japan Open final will be against Nao Hibino of Japan. Han and Ashleigh Barty of Australia have a shot at their first career singles final. Barty beat Zhang Kai-Lin 6-0, 7-6 (2) as China's presence in the draw was cut from four players to one.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 03, 2017 16:30 UTC