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Latvia-born Anastasija Sevastova was forced to fight to beat third-seeded Sorana Cirstea of Romania 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 on Friday and qualify for the semi-finals -finals of BRD Bucharest Open in Romania.
The Sevastova, 22nd in the standings, was broken twice before passing the first run to Cirstea, ranked 57th. But Sevastova recovered, breaking Cirstea twice on his way to a 5-1 lead before closing the second set. Sevastova added three more saves in the decisive third set before serving the match in 1 hour and 46 minutes.
Sevastova will then face Slovenia's eighth-seeded Polona Hercog, who defeated Tunisian Ons Jabeur 6-3, 6-1. Earlier in the day, Jabeur beat Russia's Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-2 in a game delayed by rain for her spot in the quarter-finals. Saturday's other semifinal will see second-seeded Romanian Mihaela Buzarnescu, 7-6 (4), 6-3 victorious against Chinese Yafan Wang, face fourth-seeded Croatian Petra Martic, who defeated the German Laura Siegemund 7-5, 4-6, 6-4.
Gstaad Women's Championship
The French Alizé Cornet, seeded, has pushed the Australian Samantha Stosur, fifth seed, 6-4, 7-6 (2) to qualify for the semi-finals. finals in Gstaad, Switzerland.
In defeating Stosur, Cornet, ranked 48th, eliminated the last seeded player remaining in the tournament apart. She will then face Canada's Eugenie Bouchard, who defeated Russia's Veronika Kudermetova 7-5, 6-0. [Modifier] Luxemburgish Mandy Minella triumphed from the Spanish Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-1, 6-2 for her place in the other semifinal. There, she will face Czech Marketa Vondrousova, who ousted Russia's Evgeniya Rodina 6-2, 6-3.
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