Top seeds advance to semifinals at Hong Kong Tennis Open

Top seeds advanced to the semifinals of the Hong Kong Tennis Open on Friday. No. 1 seed Diana Shnaider defeated Suzan Lamens 6-0, 6-7 (4), 6-2 and will face No. 3 Leylah Fernandez, who beat Bernarda Pera 6-1, 7-6 (7). Second seed Katie Boulter won against Anastasia Zakharova 6-4, 6-0 and will meet No. 6 Yue Yuan, who defeated Sofia Kenin 6-3, 6-3. In the Jiangxi Open, top seed Marie Bouzkova advanced with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Kamilla Rakhimova. She will play unseeded Viktorija Golubic, who won a lengthy match against Arantxa Rus.