KUALA LUMPUR: American Bethanie Mattek Sands stormed through to the finals of the BMW Malaysian Open after she beat third seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in straight sets 6-4, 6-1 in their semifinal match at the Royal Selangor Golf Club (RSGC)on Saturday.
It was a close encounter from the get go as Mattek Sands gave chase to Russia's Pavlyuchenkova as both of them took turns winning game after game before the world No.197 from Phoenix, Arizona took the lead at 4-3. The set looked to swing the away of the Mattek-Sands as she took first set 6-4 as play was suspended due to rain.
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