– 1 ▁lead ▁in ▁the ▁second , ▁Os aka , ▁who ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁the ▁tournament ▁and ▁claim ▁the ▁world ▁No . ▁ 1 ▁ranking , ▁won ▁eleven ▁of ▁the ▁last ▁twelve ▁games ▁to ▁come ▁back ▁and ▁claim ▁the ▁match . ▁She ▁te amed ▁up ▁with ▁Ab ig ail ▁Spe ars ▁in ▁the ▁women ' s ▁doubles ▁tournament , ▁where ▁the ▁pair ▁was ▁seed ed ▁e ighth , ▁but ▁they ▁were ▁ups et ▁by ▁event ual ▁champions , ▁Sam ▁St os ur ▁and ▁Z hang ▁Sh u ai , ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁round . ▁ ▁After ▁early ▁round ▁losses ▁at ▁the ▁Th ailand ▁Open ▁in ▁singles ▁and ▁the ▁Q atar ▁Open ▁in ▁singles ▁and ▁doubles , ▁H s ie h ▁reg ained ▁her ▁form ▁at ▁the ▁year ' s ▁first ▁Premier - 5 ▁event , ▁the ▁Dub ai ▁Championships . ▁Un se eded ▁in ▁the ▁singles ▁draw , ▁she ▁b ree zed ▁past ▁t enth ▁seed ▁An ast as ija ▁Se vas to va ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁round ▁and ▁Al ia ks andra ▁S as nov ich ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁round . ▁She ▁then ▁caused ▁a ▁huge ▁ups et ▁in ▁the ▁third ▁round ▁by ▁defe ating ▁former ▁World ▁No . ▁ 1 ▁and ▁reign ing ▁W im ble don ▁champion ▁Angel ique ▁Ker ber ▁in ▁three ▁sets . ▁In ▁the ▁quarter final s , ▁she ▁posted ▁another ▁com eb ack ▁three ▁set ▁win ▁over ▁the ▁fourth ▁seed ▁Kar ol ína ▁Pl í š k ová , ▁winning ▁the ▁last ▁six ▁games ▁in