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Errani reaches Open GDF Suez semifinals

01 February 2013, 21:04

Top-seeded Sara Errani of Italy needed more than three hours to beat unseeded Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 7-5, 4-6, 7-5 on Friday in the Open GDF Suez quarterfinals.

Errani will play Dutchwoman Kiki Bertens in the semifinals of the indoor tournament.

Bertens followed up her second-round win against fourth-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia with another upset, beating No 6 Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic 6-1, 7-5.

Later Friday, second-seeded Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic faced Frenchwoman Kristina Mladenovic, and No 3 Marion Bartoli of France played Germany's Mona Barthel.

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