Jiangxi Open: Sramkova advances to final

Slovak Rebecca Sramkova, the second seed, advanced to the final of the Jiangxi Open by defeating German Laura Siegemund 7-6 (4), 6-2 at the Nanchang International Tennis Center on Saturday.

Sramkova and Siegemund remained locked in for two hours, 13 minutes, exchanging eight break-point conversions, with the former taking five.

The Slovak also benefitted from the German’s four double faults.

Sramkova, ranked No 53, will play Swiss Viktorija Golubic next.

Earlier in the tournament, the Slovak won against Chinese wildcard Shuai Zhang (6-1, 6-1), Chinese Sijia Wei (7-5, 6-3) and Italian Martina Trevisan (6-3, 3-6, 6-2).

Siegemund, ranked No 101, beat Japanese Moyuka Uchijima, the No 3 seed (7-5, 6-3), Tamara Korpatsch (6-4, 6-4) and Thai qualifier Mananchaya Sawangkaew (6-4, 6-2) in the previous rounds of the Jiangxi tournament.

Nanchang WTA 250, other semi-final result (Nanchang International Tennis Center, hard, USD 267.082):

• Viktorija Golubic beat Marie Bouzkova (1): 6-1, 6-2

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