Connecticut (USA),
\nSecond seed Dominika Cibulkova came back from a set down to oust Alize Cornet and grab the last spot in the Connecticut Open quarterfinals. She came back from a break down twice in the final set to win 2-6 6-2 6-4 in a two-hour battle.<\/p>\n
After too many unforced errors cost her the opening set against Cornet, a determined Cibulkova righted the ship in the second and third. The Frenchwoman\u2019s untimely double faults gave Cibulkova an early break \u2014 Cornet hit two in one game early on \u2014 and Cibulkova took advantage to reel off five games in a row and take the second set.<\/p>\n
Cibulkova found herself locked into a tug of war as she had to come back from a break down twice \u2014 the second time with Cornet up 4-2 and closing in on the finish line. But Cibulkova found her best tennis to take the last four games in a row and book her spot into the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n
Cibulkova will take on
\nsixth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova for a spot in the semifinals after the Russian defeated Carla Suarez Navarro 7-6(3) 6-0 earlier in the day. Belguim\u2019s Kirsten Flipkens set up a quarterfinal against Australia\u2019s Daria Gavrilova, beating Romania\u2019s Ana Bogdan 6-1 7-6(1).<\/p>\n
China\u2019s Zhang Shuai beat Poland\u2019s Magda Linette 6-3 6-7(4) 6-3. She will face Belgium\u2019s Elise Mertens next.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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