BAD GASTEIN, Austria (AP) — Alize Cornet of France and Julia Goerges of Germany reached the semifinals of the Gastein Ladies on Friday.
Cornet defeated Austrian wild card Patricia Mayr 6-2, 6-7 (5), 6-2, and Goerges beat Russia’s Anastasia Pivovarova 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4.
The 81st-ranked Cornet, who eliminated top-seeded defending champion Andrea Petkovic on Thursday, broke Mayr nine times to qualify for her second semifinal of the season after Fez, Morocco, in April.
Goerges, ranked 65th, was broken while for serving for the match at 6-5 in the second set but had three breaks in the final set to close out the quarterfinal.
Later Friday, No. 2 Timea Bacsinszky played Sandra Zahlavova and No. 8 Anastasija Sevastova faced Yvonne Meusburger for the remaining semifinal spots.
