17 Sep 2011

Erakovic beats top seed in Quebec

5:39 pm on 17 September 2011

The New Zealand tennis number one Marina Erakovic will play third seed Tamira Paszek of Austria in the semi finals of the WTA event in Quebec City in Canada, after beating the top seed Daniela Hantuchova in the quarterfinals.

Erakovic, beat the world number 25, 6-4, 6-4.

Erakovic will be hoping to reverse the result she suffered to Paszek when the pair last played each other in the first round of the same tournament a year ago.