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NANCHANG, China, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Ozaki Risa of Japan rallied from one set down to beat Francesca Schiavone of Italy 5-7, 6-1 and 6-2 to advance to semi-finals of the WTA Jiangxi Open here on Friday evening.
The Japanese won the match in two hours and 10 minutes, saying that "my opponent is quite strong, and I am very happy with the win."
In other matches, Japan's Nara Kurumi who got her first WTA singles champion in 2014 Rio de Janeiro Open, first won 7-5, 6-4 over Chang Kai-chen of Chinese Taipei, which was delayed from Thursday, then lost to Duan Yingying of China 6-1 and 7-5.
Also on Friday, Eguchi Misa of Japan beat Liu Fangzhou of China 6-1, 6-2 and King Vania of the United States stopped Zhang Kailin of China 6-0, 6-4.
