Ivanovic, Kerber advance. Stephens upset in Linz

Three of the top 4 seeds get to the semifinal, we just miss Sloane Stephens.

Ana Ivanovic

The Serbian Beauty had a great win against Dominika Cibulkova 6-2 6-4. Ana had an absolutely immaculate first set to break Dominika twice without dropping a service game. In the second set the Czech had a great start to immediately lead 3-0 (1 break). Then Ana fought back to win the following 4 games and then win the set 6-4. Match Stats.

Angelique Kerber

No troubles for the German that had to face a surprising Mayr-Achleitner (wild card and world no. 107). The match ended just after 54 minutes with Angelique scoring 55 points vs. Patricia’s 35. Match Stats.

Sloane Stephens defeated by  Stefanie Voegle

Tough luck for the seed no.1 Sloane Stephens as the young American was defeated by Stefanie Voegele in a very tough 3 setter that lasted 2 hours and 46 minutes.  The key moment was the third set when Sloane squandered a 5-2 lead to lose 5 consecutive games! Match Stats

The Semifinals

The first will be Voegle vs. Ivanovic.  This will be the first match between these two.

The second will be Angelique Kerber vs. Suarez Navarro. Head to head is 1-0 for the Spaniard.