M'sia's Challenge In Women's Singles Comes To A HaltT At 2015 BMW M'sian Open

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's challenge in the women's singles category of the 2015 BMW Malaysian Open ended as national player Jawairiah Noordin lost to Yulia Putintseva (pix) of Kazakhstan at the Royal Selangor Golf Club (RSGC), here Monday. Jawairiah who had earned a earned a wildcard to play in the championship following her success in winning the BMW Masters Championship (national circuit) 2014, lost tamely 2-6, 1-6 in the first round match against 111th ranked player. "I promised myself to give the best and I tried my best. That was my best match. Maybe I need to train my backhand returns more and be more consistent. I need to play more matches. "My experience and expertise is not enough to challenge players who are regularly playing in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA)," she said. Jawairiah will now partner fellow Malaysian Theiviya Selvarajoo to keep the Malaysian flag flying in the women's doubles when they take on Han Xinyun of China and Japan's Junri Namigata in the first round, Tuesday. In the second round, Putintseva will meet qualifier, Elizaveta Kulichkova of Russia after she won the match against seventh seeded player, Bojana Jovanovski of Serbia 6-3, 6-3. Earlier Monday, sixth seeded player, Kurumi Nara of Japan beat Switzerland's Stefanie Voegele 6-3, 7-6(4). The 2015 BMW Malaysian Tennis Open, sanctioned by WTA and the Lawn Tennis Association of Malaysia (LTAM) offers total prize money of US$250,000 (RM911,750). Following are the results of the BMW Malaysian Open 2015: Women's Singles first round -------------------------- Kurumi Nara (JPN) bt Stefanie Voegele (SUI) 6-3, 7-6(4) Kateryna Kozlova (UKR) bt Saisai Zheng (CHN) 6-3, 6-4 Luksika Kumkhum (THA) bt Junri Namigata (JPN) 6-3, 7-6(4) Ying-Ying Duan (CHN) bt Yi-Fan Xu (CHN) 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 Yulia Putintseva (KAZ) bt Jawairiah Noordin (MAS) 6-2, 6-1 Magda Linette (POL) bt Qiang Wang (CHN) 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 Elizaveta Kulichkova (RUS) bt Bojana Jovanovski (SRB) 6-3, 6-3 Women's Doubles first round --------------------------- Zhaoxuan Yang/Lin Zhu (CHN) bt Misa Eguchi (JPN)/Sofia Shapatava (GEO) 6-1, 3-6, 10-6; Darija Jurak (CRO)/Klara Koukalova (CZE) bt An-Sophie Mestach (BEL)/Emily Webley-Smith (GBR) 4-6, 6-3, 10-1; Chen Liang/Yafan Wang (CHN) bt Lyudmyla Kichenok/Nadiia Kichenok (UKR) 6-4, 7-6(7); Yuliya Beygelzimer/Olga Savchuk (UKR) bt Peangtarn Plipuech/Varunya Wongteanchai (THA) 4-6, 6-0, 10-4; Naomi Broady (GBR)/Carina Witthoeft (GER) bt Tatiana Bua (ARG)/Patricia Mayr-Achleitner (AUT) 6-0, 6-2. (photoBERNAMA) -- BERNAMA