BMW Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, WTA International

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DATE: 29 Feb 2016 - 6 Mar 2016
SURFACE: HARD
PRIZE MONEY: $226,750
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Caroline Wozniacki

Seeds:

1. Robert Vinci
2. Elina Svitolina
3. Sabine Lisicki
4. Annika Beck
5. Nao Hibino
6. Eugenie Bouchard
7. Su-Wei Hseih
8. Saisa Zheng


BMW Malaysian Open by Stuart Buchanan, on Flickr


About Kuala Lumpar:

Malaysia is like two countries in one, cleaved in half by the South China Sea. While peninsula flaunts bustling cities, colonial architecture, misty tea plantations and chill-out islands, Malaysian Borneo hosts wild jungles of orangutans, granite peaks and remote tribes, along with some pretty spectacular diving.

Kuala Lumpur, the capital, with its space-age architecture, is well-known for great food. The city offers a fascinating mix of Asian culinary traditions. Chinese-Malay ‘Nonya’ fare, Indian curries, Chinese buffets, Malay food stalls and Dayak specialties, with some impressive Western-style food thrown in for good measure.

 

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Thank you Moxie - I now have a nice feel for Kuala Lumpar!

 

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The draw:

 

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[2] [WC] Elina Svitolina (UKR) d [Q] Miyu Kato (JPN) | 6 - 1 | 6 - 1
[Q] Risa Ozaki (JPN) d Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS) | 6 - 0 | 6 - 2
Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) d [1] [WC] Roberta Vinci (ITA) | 5 - 7 | 6 - 2 | 6 - 1
Cagla Buyukakcay (TUR) d Laura Siegemund (GER) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 1
Zarina Diyas (KAZ) d [4] Annika Beck (GER) | 7 - 5 | 6 - 3
[Q] Lin Zhu (CHN) d Alexandra Panova (RUS) | 6 - 4 | 6 - 4
[Q] Zhaoxuan Yang (CHN) d [8] Saisai Zheng (CHN) | 4 - 6 | 6 - 3 | 6 - 2
Naomi Broady (GBR) d Klara Koukalova (CZE)

 

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Semi Final Results:

Bouchard bt Broady 6-4 6-3
Svitolina bt Zhu 6-3 6-3

 

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BMW Malaysian Open Final

Elina Svitolina v Eugenie Bouchard

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H2H: Elina leads 3-0

2015 Cincinnati Masters R32 Hard Elina Svitolina Eugenie Bouchard 7-6(6) 7-5
2014 Miami Masters R64 Hard Elina Svitolina Eugenie Bouchard 1-6 6-1 6-2
2013 Indian Wells Masters SF Hard Elina Svitolina Eugenie Bouchard 7-6(2) 5-7 6-2

Src: http://www.stevegtennis.com/
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BMW Malaysian Open Final

Elina Svitolina bt Eugenie Bouchard 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-5

Elina Svitolina survived a stormy Sunday final against an inspired Eugenie Bouchard to capture her fourth career title at the BMW Malaysian Open, 6-7(5), 6-4, 7-5.

 

[Billie]

Too bad for Genie, although she is getting better results than last year. Congratulations to Svitolina.