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Cibulkova responds in style

Image: Dominika Cibulkova: Slovakian set up semi-final with Sorana Cirstea in Barcelona

Dominika Cibulkova defeated qualifier Yuliya Beygelzimer 3-6 6-0 6-0 to reach the semi-finals of the Barcelona Open.

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Beygelzimer takes first set and then loses 12 games in a row

Third seed Dominika Cibulkova defeated Ukrainian qualifier Yuliya Beygelzimer 3-6 6-0 6-0 to reach the semi-finals of the Barcelona Open. Cibulkova will play Romanian Sorana Cirstea in the last four after Cirstea, the world number 57, also rebounded from a poor start to see off Olga Govortsova of Belarus 2-6 6-1 6-3. Second seed Julia Goerges fell 6-2 6-3 to Italy's seventh seed Sara Errani. In the last four, Errani will face Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro, who needed 73 minutes to dispatch Romania's Simona Halep 6-4 6-1.