Top seed Swiatek battles back to beat Pliskova for place in Stuttgart semi-finals
Iga Swiatek won against Karolina Pliskova 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 on Friday evening. She’ll face Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 3 seed, in the next round
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Pole Iga Swiatek, the top seed, beat Czech Karolina Pliskova 4-6, 6-1, 6-2 to move into the last four of the Porsche Grand Prix at the Porsche-Arena in Stuttgart on Friday evening.
Swiatek, ranked No 1, will play Tunisian Ons Jabeur, the No 3 seed, next.
In the previous round of the Stuttgart Open, the 21-year-old Pole won against Chinese Qinwen Zheng (6-1, 6-4).
Pliskova, ranked No 17, won against Greek Maria Sakkari, the No 8 seed (6-2, 6-3) and edged out Croat Donna Vekic (6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (5)) in the previous rounds of the Stuttgart Open.
Stuttgart WTA 500, other quarter-finals results (Porsche-Arena, EUR 780.637, most recent results first):
- Ons Jabeur beat Beatriz Haddad Maia: 6-3, 6-0
- Anastasia Potapova beat Caroline Garcia (4): 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Aryna Sabalenka (2) beat Paula Badosa (WC): 4-6, 6-4, 6-4
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