Agnieszka Radwanska through to last four of Connecticut Open

ByEurosport

Updated 25/08/2017 at 07:49 GMT

Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska is through to the last four of the Connecticut Open in New Haven.

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland returns a shot to Eugenie Bouchard of Canada during Day 5 of the Connecticut Open at Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale on August 22, 2017 in New Haven, Connecticut.

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The Pole, who got married earlier this month, saw off China's Shuai Peng 7-5 6-3 to reach just her second semi-final of the year and first since January.

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A competetive first set was decided by a break in the 11th game and three more in the second set made it a comfortable evening for the top seed.

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She will now meet Daria Gavriolva after the Australian eased past Kirsten Flipkens 6-2 6-4.

Second seed Dominika Cibulkova is on course to meet Radwanska in the final after she beat sixth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 7-5 6-4 in a game that had eight break of serves.

Results from the New Haven Open Women's Singles Quarterfinal matches on Thursday

1-Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) beat 8-Peng Shuai (China) 7-5 6-3
Daria Gavrilova (Australia) beat Kirsten Flipkens (Belgium) 6-2 6-4
Elise Mertens (Belgium) beat Zhang Shuai (China) walkover
2-Dominika Cibulkova (Slovakia) beat 6-Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (Russia) 7-5 6-4

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