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Zheng stuns top seed Kasatkina to reach semi-finals of Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open


Sat, 2023-02-11 13:07

ABU DHABI: China’s Qinwen Zheng showed why she’s one of the rising stars of tennis as the world no. 29 eliminated top seed and world no. 8 Daria Kasatkina in the quarter-finals of the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Open on Friday.

Also on Friday, second seed and world no. 9 Belinda Bencic beat the USA’s Shelby Rogers 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 to set up a last-four clash against sixth seed Beatriz Haddad Maia.

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