Stosur into Qatar semis
02/17/2012 11:37:12 PM
Australia's Samantha Stosur has won through to the semi-finals of the Qatar Total Open.
Stosur needed three sets to get past Monica Niculescu of Romania, but eventually recorded the 6-2 2-6 6-3 victory in one hour and 45 minutes.
Stosur will now meet Marion Bartoli in the final four after the Frenchwoman downed Lucie Safarova 7-5 4-6 6-1.
World number one Victoria Azarenka will play fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska in the other semi.
Azarenka defeated Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 6-0 6-4 in one hour and eight minutes, while Radwanska thrashed Christina McHale 6-1 6-1.
Meanwhile, Russian Alexandra Panova moved through to the semi-finals of the Copa Colsanitas in Colombia with a 6-4 6-4 victory over Italian Karin Knapp.
Joining Panova in the final four are Romanian Edina Gallovits-Hall, Spaniard Lara Arruabarrena-Veci and Hungary's Timea Babos.
Gallovits-Hall needed three sets to get past local hope Mariana Duque-Marino 7-6 (7-3) 3-6 6-2, Arruabarrena-Veci overpowered Argentinean Paula Ormaechea 6-3 6-0, while Babos defeated Yaroslava Shvedova 6-4 6-4.