BMW Malaysia Open 2012: Singles Semi Finals

The second edition of the BMW Malaysian Open Women’s Tennis Tournament 2012, a fully sanctioned event on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Tour which began earlier this week on the 27th February will come to an end tomorrow on the 4th March 2012 at the Bukit Kiara Equestrian and Country Resort where 32 of the world’s leading players are competing for the singles title and 16 teams for the doubles title, in a knockout competition format. They are competing for a prize-purse of USD220,000.

Spectators began to throng the venue which could hold as many as 2,500 viewers as early as 1.00 pm despite the rain which had caused several games to be postponed throughout the week including today. Today also being Power Over Cervical Cancer Day saw 200 ladies receiving a free General Admission Ticket and a welcome gift.

We managed to catch the 2nd Singles Semi Final where Eleni Daniildou from Greece and Hsieh Su-Wei from Taipei were battling it out for a place in the finals.

Eleni Daniildou from Greece

Hsieh Su-Wei representing Taipei

It was an intense game but anyone could see that the game was Hsieh’s from the very beginning. The 26 year old won the match against Eleni Daniilidou by 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 in a game that lasted 5 hours and had to be suspended twice due to the rain. She will face the winner of the match between Petra Martic of Croatia and second seeded Jelena Jankovic of Serbia scheduled later tonight.

Daniilidou suffered a waist injury in the final game at the 5-1 match score. The Doubles and Singles finals will be held tomorrow from 3.00 pm onwards. May the best woman win!