 Lesia Tsurenko continues to play in Thailand

Unseeded Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine advanced to the final of the Thailand Open by defeating German sixth seed Tatjana Mario 6-1, 6-1 on Friday in Hua Hin, Thailand.

Tsurenko, who upset No. 4 seed Anna Kalinska of Russia in the previous round, won an incredible 72.4 percent of her first-serve points (21-of-29)

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and converted six break points in 10 opportunities to shut out Maria. In the semifinals, Tsurenko will face No. 1 seed Bianca Andreescu of Canada,

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a 6-0, 7-6 (3) winner over Ukrainian fifth seed Marta Kostyuk The Canadian then rallied from a 2-0 deficit to open the tiebreak.

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In the next semi-final match, the Chinese women Xinyu Wang and Lin Zhu will meet. Wang, the seventh seed, outlasted Heather Watson of Great Britain 6-3, 6-7 (6),

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6-4. Zhu beat Tamara Zidansek of Slovenia 6-2, 6-2. No. 1 seed Caroline Garcia of France defeated Italy's Jasmine Paolini 7-5,

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7-5 to reach the semifinals in Lyon, France. Garcia hit nine aces and converted 3 of 7 break points en route to a narrow

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victory in one hour and 46 minutes. She will face Camila Osorio in the next round after the Colombian beat Czech Linda Nosková 6-4, 7-6 (3). American Alycia Parks also continued her stellar week.

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