The quarter finals were played in rain interrupted, humid conditions.
(Rank/Seed)
8/4 Wozniacki was happy with her aggressive play in beating (17/6/WC) Stephens 76(6) 62. The American, who had beaten Sharapova just last week in Cincinnati had the early initiative; leading 4-2 and serving for the 1st set at 5-4. She even came from 3-5 down in the tiebreak, but each time Wozniacki upped her game and often attacked the net. This was her 23rd win in 24 matches here!
9/3 Kvitova had yet another 3 setter, just edging Pavlyuchenkova 26 62 75 in a rain interrupted match. Kvitova barely led the head to head 4-3 and had lost their meeting earlier this year at Brisbane. She actually won less points than her opponent but was able to break the Russian in the last game of the 3rd set from 15-40 down. This is Kvitova's 1st semi final since Katowice back during the clay court season!
Elsewhere, Halep continued her impressive run of form in reaching her 5th semi final in her last 9 tournaments with a 61 76(6) win over Makarova and Zakopalova recovered to beat Vesnina 46 60 64.
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