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Wozniacki, Kvitova into last four at New Haven

Former winner Caroline Wozniacki and reigning champion Petra Kvitova beat a pair of WTA young guns on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the New Haven Open, the final tune-up for the US Open.

Four-time winner Wozniacki defeated American wildcard Sloane Stephens 7-6 (6), 6-2 in a quarterfinal contest at the Yale University hardcourt facility.

The former world No. 1 Wozniacki, who is seeded fourth this week, captured the New Haven event four years in a row from 2008-11.

The third-seeded Czech Kvitova fought back from a first-set stumble to outlast Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 6-2, 7-5. The former Wimbledon champion Kvitova topped Russian Maria Kirilenko in last year’s New Haven final.

In other matches, surging Romanian Simona Halep beat Russian Ekaterina Makarova, 6-1, 7-6 (6), while Klara Zakopalova earned 4-6, 6-0, 6-4 triumph over 2009 runner-up Elena Vesnina of Russia.

The 21-year-old Halep, who is seeking her fourth title in seven tournaments, will take on Wozniacki next, while Zakopalova will go up against Kvitova in an all-Czech semifinal.

In Winston-Salem, North Carolina, France’s Gael Monfils won an error-filled match over Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the semifinals of the Winston-Salem Open.

The 15th seeded Monfils will face off for a place in the final with Ukrainian tenth seed Alexandr Dolgopolov, who beat Lu Yen-hsun of Chinese Taipei 7-6 (2), 6-3.

Austrian Jurgen Melzer came through three rain interruptions to take out Russian Dmitry Tursunov 6-4, 6-3. He will play sixth seed Sam Querrey, a 6-3, 6-4 winner over Ricardas Berankis.


 

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