No. 4 seed Hungarian Ágnes Szávay produced convincing game, which was also more precise than in her previous matches, to beat
Tímea Bacsinszky of Switzerland 6-2, 6-3. Bacsinszky started in the qualifying stage and she fought herself up to the quarterfinals. In its early stage the match was balanced until two-all. Then, Szávay concentrated on her game well and won the first and then the second set, justifying that she is ranked much higher than her opponent.

Szávay’s opponent in Saturday’s first semifinal will be Ukraine’s Alona Bondarenko who overcame Israel’s Shahar Peer in a match with a great turn-around in the first set. Peer was already 5-1 up when Bondarenko produced a spectacular comeback, winning ten(!) games in a row. In the meantime, she was threatened with set point seven(!) times. Peer could only win a single game after 0-4 down in the second set, therefore, the Ukrainian eventually won 7-5, 6-1.

As for the other semifinal, only one of the participants is known.Edina Gallovits of Romania advanced there by beating Petra Martic of Croatia, 6-3, 7-6 (6), while the last quarterfinal between top-seeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland and fifth-seeded Alisa Kleybanova of Russia was suspended due to rain with Schnyder leading 4-3 in the first set. The match continues at noon on Saturday.