Ayumi MoritaElena Dementieva and Alisa Kleybanova seeded first and fourth respectively, maintained their winning form and progressed to the next round of the Malaysian Open 2010 at Bukit Kiara Equestrian & Country Club today.
Dementieva proved too strong an opponent for Bojana Jovanovski, winning comfortably 6-2, 6-3.
Kleybanova had a tougher match however, as she was pushed to three sets by Alla Kudryavtseva nder the sweltering afternoon heat, but prevailed in the end with a 7-6 (4), 3-6, 4-6 score.
In another mamatch Yan Zi, who knocked out fifth seed Melinda Czink in the first round, lost to Ayumi Morita 6-2, 6-1.
In doubles, second seeds Chan Yung-Jan and Zheng Jie booked their place in the next round against Vitalia Diatchenko and Chanelle Scheepers after defeating Yayuk Basuki and Yurika Sema 1-6, 6-3, 10-3.
Check out the complete results below and followed by today's OOP.
Click on images for larger viewToday's singles feature match will see promising youngster Chang Kai-Chen take on third seed Zheng Jie at 6pm on Centre Court.
In doubles, first seeds Alisa Kleybanova and Yan Zi will face the pairing of Anastasia Rodionova and Arina Rodionova.
(Via Carbon Media)
