The quarterfinals were played earlier in the day, and the semifinals were also played later. In the quarters, top seed Agnes Szavay was in great form as she beat No. 7 seed Iveta Benesova in straight sets, 62 62, but in her semifinal match, it was the total opposite, as she was stunned by No. 4 seed Pauline Parmentier, who, in the quarters won to Yvonne Meusburger, 76(3) 63, in straight sets, 64 62.
"I feel very happy," said Parmentier, whose win over the No.14-ranked Szavay was her first career Top 20 win. "It has been a good week for me and I hope tomorrow will make it a perfect week. I played even better in my second match of the day today. I had to make a good start because I was a bit tired."
In the other quarterfinals, Mariya Koryttseva defeated Tereza Hladikova, 63 61; and Lucie Hradecka beat wildcard Patricia Mayr, 63 61.
Hradecka, who had never been past the second round in the five main draws that she played, is continuing her dream run, as she beat Mayr in the quarters, and Koryttseva in the s
emis on Saturday. She won three qualifying rounds but has looked even fresher in main draw play, dropping just 17 games in four matches en route to the final. At No.237 in the world, she is one win away from becoming the fourth-lowest-ranked Tour singles champion ever, following a No.579-ranked Angelique Widjaja at 2001 Bali, a No.285-ranked Fabiola Zuluaga at 2002 Bogotá and a No.259-ranked Tamira Paszek at 2006 Portoroz."The match against Mariya was very hard, because it was the semifinals and my second match of the day," Hradecka said. "We were so tired. Maybe I was a little less tired. I was moving well and serving well. I've never played a singles final and I know Pauline is the favorite, so I will go on court and play my game with nothing to lose."
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