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Strycova, Garcia reach Dubai semifinals
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BARBORA Strycova of Czech Republic advanced to the Dubai Championships semifinals by outlasting former world No.1 Ana Ivanovic of Serbia 7-6 (5), 6-3 on Thursday.
The 47th-ranked Strycova lost the three previous times she played against the 17th-ranked Ivanovic.
“I believed in myself,” said Strycova. “I was 5-3 down (in the tiebreaker) and I was playing a little bit like didn’t believe that I can do it. I played very well the last four balls. That gave me so much confidence for the second set.”
Strycova will play Caroline Garcia of France, who reached the semifinals with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Andrea Petkovic of Germany. Strycova holds a 3-1 career edge over Garcia and won their last encounter in straight sets at the Australian Open last month.
Elina Svitolina of Ukraine advanced to her first semifinal of the season with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 win over American CoCo Vandeweghe. The 21st-ranked Svitolina is playing her first tournament with former world No. 1 Justine Henin, a seven-time grand slam champion, joining her team as a coaching consultant. Her day-to-day coach remains Iain Hughes.
Svitolina will play Sara Errani of Italy, who defeated Madison Brengle of the United States 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
In Delray Beach, Florida, Juan Martin del Potro beat Australian qualifier John-Patrick Smith 6-4, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Out for 11 months because of a left wrist injury that took two surgeries to repair, Del Potro won consecutive matches for the first time since he reached the quarterfinals in Sydney in January 2015.
Del Potro will face fifth-seeded Jeremy Chardy of France. Chardy fought through swirling wind to beat 19-year-old American wildcard Noah Rubin 6-4, 6-2.
Chardy joined fourth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria as one of only two seeded players left in the draw.
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