· Published: 2 Feb 2013 at 04.44
· Online news: Sports
Germany's Sabine Lisicki reached her first semi-final in two
years on Friday when she clawed her way past New Zealand's Marina Erakovic 5-7,
6-3, 6-2 at the Pattaya Open.
German player Sabine Lisicki, pictured in action in London on
June 28, 2011, reached her first semi-final in two years on Friday when she
clawed her way past New Zealand's Marina Erakovic 5-7, 6-3, 6-2 at the Pattaya
Open.
Lisicki's last semi-final spot was at this same Thai venue in
2011, the same year she reached the Wimbledon last four.
That helped her to a ranking of 12 in the world, but an
injury-hit 2012 saw her slip out of the top 50.
"I didn't serve perfectly," the fifth-seeded Lisicki
said. "My service games were always close, but I was also almost always
holding.
"That gave me a lot of confidence later when I was a break
point down or at 15-30, that I could serve my way out of it. Sometimes the
negative, you can turn into a positive."
Lisicki will face Russia's Nina Bratchikova, who defeated
Japan's Ayumi Morita 6-1, 3-6, 6-1, for a spot in the final.
Saturday's other semi-final will see fourth seeded Romanian
Sorana Cirstea take on second seed Maria Kirilenko of Russia.
Cirstea needed just 56 minutes to record a 6-3, 6-0 victory over
Latvia's Anastasija Sevastova while Kirilenko fought off two set points in the
first set tie-break and reeled off five straight games to get past compatriot
Elena Vesnina, 7-6 (8/6), 6-3.
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