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Patna : Former French Open and Wimbledon Champion Garbine Muguruza, Spain, and World No 66 Kristyna Pliskova, Czech Republic, entered the semi-finals of WTA Shenzhen Open, China, on January 9, 2020..
World No 35 Garbine Muguruza beat World No 75 Zarina Diyas, Kazakhstan, in a three-set thriller 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in quarter-finals on January 9. Muguruza fired 13 Aces in the match to 2 by Zarina. Both the players won 5 break points each. Zarina won 4 games in a row in the match to 3 by Muguruza, who will face 5th seed and World No 34 Ekaterina Alexandrova, Russia, in the SFs on January 10, 2020.
Kristyna Pliskova, sister of World No 2 Karolina Pliskova, beat Kateryna Bondarenko, 33, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-4 in QFs. Kristyna fired 16 Aces in the match to 6 by Bondarenko.Kristyna won 3 break points to 1 by Bondarenko. The Czech won 4 games in a row in the match to 3 by Bondarenko. Kristyna will face World No 36 Elena Rybakina, 20, Kazakhstan, in SFs.