LINZ, Austria (AP) " Second-seeded Dominika Cibulkova beat defending champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-6 (3), 6-4 to reach her eighth semifinal of the season at the Generali Ladies on Friday. Cibulkova will next play fourth-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain, who defeated Denisa Allertova of the Czech Republic 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Cibulkova, who won two titles this season and appeared in three more finals, lost a 5-1 lead in the opening set before taking the tiebreaker. Earlier, Madison Keys advanced to her fifth semifinal of the season by beating Oceane Dodin of France 6-3, 6-3. The seventh-ranked American will play either top-seeded Garbine Muguruza, the French Open champion, or Viktorija Golubic of Switzerland for a place in Sunday's final.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 14, 2016 15:58 UTC