Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships: Zhu advances to semi-finals
Lin Zhu defeated Elizabeth Mandlik 6-3, 6-2 on Friday and will play Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 3 seed, in the next round
Lin Zhu, Tennis in the Land Cleveland
Chinese Lin Zhu, the top seed, advanced to the last four of the Kinoshita Group Japan Open Tennis Championships by winning against American qualifier Elizabeth Mandlik 6-3, 6-2 on Friday.
Zhu, ranked No 35, will play Chinese Xinyu Wang, the No 3 seed, next.
The Chinese defeated Xiyu Wang (6-4, 6-4) and Japanese wildcard Moyuka Uchijima (6-4, 4-6, 6-1) in the previous rounds.
Earlier in the tournament, Mandlik, ranked No 167, beat Frenchwoman Diane Parry (7-5, 6-2) and Canadian Rebecca Marino (7-5, 3-6, 6-1).
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