Bad day for top seeds at Malaysian Open tennis


Italy's Roberta Vinci returning a shot to Taiwan's Chang Kai-Chen at the BMW Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, Petaling Jaya. FAIHAN GHANI/The Star.

KUALA LUMPUR: In one fell swoop, the BMW Malaysian Open lost two of its top four seeded players.

Fourth seed Annika Beck of Germany was the first to go when she went down to world No. 95 Zarina Dyas of Kazakhstan 7-5, 6-3 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club on Tuesday.

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