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Tennis: Yan Zi Advances to Semifinals in Morocco
2006-05-20 11:46:18  AP
China's Yan Zi advanced to the semifinals of the Grand Prix SAR, beating third-seeded Emilie Loit of France 1-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (4).


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Yan, already through to the doubles final with Australian Open-winning partner Zheng Jie, will face American Meghann Shaughnessy in the semifinals. Shaughnessy, seeking her first singles title in three years, beat Melinda Czink of Hungary 6-1, 6-4.

In the other semifinal, fifth-seeded Alona Bondarenko of Ukraine will face eighth-seeded Martina Sucha of Slovakia. Bondarenko beat Hama Sromova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 7-6 (2), and Sucha defeated qualifier Anne Kremer of Luxembourg 3-6, 6-1, 6-0.

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