Chang Kai-Chen of Taiwan crushed China's 20th-ranked and third-seeded Zheng Jie 6-2, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Malaysian Open on Thursday.
The 19-year-old Taiwanese played fearlessly against an opponent ranked 72 places above her and completed a disastrous week for Chinese players after second-seeded Li Na was knocked out by Germany's Tatjana Malek on Monday. Both Zheng and Li Na had reached the semifinals of the Australian Open last month.
Chang took only 75 minutes to set up a quarterfinal date with sixth seed Sybille Bammer of Austria, who earlier trounced Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova 6-3, 6-0.
Elsewhere, Chanelle Scheepers of …
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