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View all search resultsHalep advances to semifinals in Dubai
Top-seeded Simona Halep needed five match points before finally defeating sixth-seeded Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 in the quarterfinals at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Thursday
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op-seeded Simona Halep needed five match points before finally defeating sixth-seeded Ekaterina Makarova 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 in the quarterfinals at the Dubai Tennis Championships on Thursday.
'I was a little bit nervous to finish,' said Halep, who served for the match at 5-3 in the third set. 'Sometimes you feel like that. So you have to stay very focused and to fight for every point.'
Halep's victory at Dubai Tennis Stadium set up a semifinal match against third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki, a former Dubai champion in 2011.
Wozniacki, who has been nursing a cold all week, beat 10th-seeded Flavia Pennetta of Italy 7-5, 6-0, winning the last eight games.
For the second consecutive week, Karolina Pliskova advanced to the semifinals of a tournament by beating Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic.
Pliskova recovered from a set and a service break down to win 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1.
The 18-year-old Pliskova, seeded 17th, defeated Safarova in straight sets last week in Antwerp, Belgium. She will next face unseeded Garbine Muguruza.
The 24th-ranked Muguruza beat 13th-seeded Carla Suarez Navarro 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3 in an all-Spanish match. ' AP
