PATTAYA, Thailand -- Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic reached her first WTA semifinal in almost a year after she came back from two match points down to
beat third-seeded Sorana Cirstea 1-6, 7-6 (3), 6-0 in the Pattaya Open on
Friday.
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hold that game, and went on to dominate the tiebreak and third set thanks also
to a barrage of unforced errors from Cirstea. "I didnt expect to win," Pliskova
said. "She was playing amazing in the first set and I didnt have any chance to
play my game. She was playing fast and she was killing all my second serves. In
the second set I was just trying to hold my serves and hoped that in the
tiebreak anything could happen." Pliskovas last appearance in a semifinal was in
Kuala Lumpur last February, when she also went on to claim her first and only
singles title. She faces Julia Georges of Germany, who beat fifth-seeded Elena
Vesina of Russia 5-7, 6-3, 6-4. "Im happy that Ive won hard matches here,"
Pliskova said. "I played my last semifinal in Kuala Lumpur which is almost a
year. So Im happy that Im not going to lose (ranking) points." In another
quarterfinal, Andrea Hlavackova of the Czech Republic upset eighth-seeded Peng
Shuai of China 6-2, 7-5. Hlavackova, a doubles specialist who has two Grand Slam
doubles titles, will have to go through fourth-seeded Ekaterina Makarova of
Russia or Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm to reach her second singles final.
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Cody Zeller Jersey . -- Ricky Romeros comeback bid hit another road bump Tuesday in an ugly 18-4 Jays loss to a
Detroit Tigers split squad.Toronto - Toronto FC and the Columbus Crew will
square off at BMO Field on Saturday in the second Trillium Cup match of the
season. TFC was victorious in the first meeting between the two sides with a 2-0
win at Columbus, but the result sparked a run of three straight defeats for the
Canadian club. You can catch all the action on TSN and TSN Radio 1050 beginning
at 5pm et/2pm pt. The Reds appear to back in form though, managing four points
from their last two league matches. They most recently came back twice to get a
point form a 2-2 draw at Sporting Kansas City. It was a tremendous point for
Toronto given that the team was without several key players due to international
duty. The Reds were also reduced to 10 men in the match as Steven Caldwell was
issued a straight red card in the 63rd minute. "We had three of our starting
midfield out, so we had a lot of absences," TFC head coach Ryan Nelsen said
after the match. "We had three starting players out in three different positions
and (SKC) had two out. So everybodys made (a deal) about their injuries and weve
got a few out as well. Since the start of the season weve only had to pick a
starting 11, the actual starting 11, once." Toronto will look to get Gilberto
going this season. He has logged 10 consecutive starts but is still searching
for his first goal with the club. "Weve got to pick (Gilberto) up," Nelsen said.
"Weve all been through it as players and weve all been through it inn jobs.
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how good of a player he is and its our job to pick him up and obviously get his
confidence up and get him going and it will. Maybe we could get a penalty one of
these days and he can get on the scoreboard." Like Toronto, Columbus has taken
four points from its last two games. After an enthralling 3-3 draw with the
Portland Timbers, the Crew ran out to a 2-0 home victory over the Chicago Fire
to put an end to an eight-match winless run. "I think weve been frustrated that
weve been playing well and not getting the results. Were still trying to focus
on the product were creating and how were playing," said Crew head coach Gregg
Berhalter. "Its nice when you get results. From that standpoint were happy. I
think it was a good effort. Obviously were missing some guys but we did a great
job." Federico Higuain played a starring role the Crews defeat of the Fire, but
the striker will miss Saturdays clash at Toronto due to yellow card
accumulation. "You dont replace Federico, simple as that. We get someone on the
field that can play their game and were not going to ask someone to come in and
play like Federico that would be foolish of us," said Berhalter. "Were going to
ask someone to come in and play to the best of their ability. Im confident that
we are going to be able to get that out of someone."
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