Ana Ivanovic makes it through to Monterrey Open semi-finals
Saturday 7 March 2015 10:08, UK
Top seed and defending champion Ana Ivanovic secured her third consecutive straight-sets victory to move into the Monterrey Open semi-finals on Friday.
The Serbian world No 6 needed just an hour to see off Kristina Mladenovic, winning 6-3 6-2 to set up a last-four showdown against another Frenchwoman, Caroline Garcia.
Third seed Garcia booked her place in the semi-finals after her opponent, number eight seed Magdalena Rybarikova, was forced to retire due to an ankle injury.
Garcia won the first set 7-5 before Rybarikova had to withdraw from the tournament.
Second seed Sara Errani, like Ivanovic, has not dropped a set during the tournament and the Italian progressed to the semi-finals in style with a 7-5 6-4 win against Russian fifth seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
Errani will face fourth seed Timea Bacsinszky for a place in Sunday's final after she beat Polish qualifier Urszula Radwanska 6-4 6-2.
