Sam Stosur wins the big match of the day beating Ana Ivanovic in straight sets.
In the opener the Australian had to recover a 0-3 deficit to then break the Serbian Beauty twice in the 5th (3-2) and 11th (6-5) game. In the second set just one break divided these two and that was in the 3rd game. Match Stats
Sam will play the semifinal against Svetlana Kuznetsova. Head to head is 3-3.
Halep
Simona Halep literally storms in the semifinal without breaking a sweat. In the first match the world no.18 benefited from a retiring Rybarikova to lose a couple of games (6-2 ret.); in the quarters she conceded only 2 games to Alisa Kleybanova to win 6-1 6-1 in 62 minutes. Match Stats
In the semifinal Simona will face world no. 30 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova. Head to head is 2-0 for Simona.
