The Czech Karolina Pliskova, fifth seed, rallied four games against to win this Friday 7-5 and 2-0, retired, of the Spanish Paula Badosa in the last match of the quarter-finals of the Masters 1000 of Cincinnati.
The triumph secured her a passage to the semi-finals that she will play against the young Swiss Jil Teichmann, world number 76, who arrived at the tournament as a guest, and again played in the surprise of the day by winning 6-3 and 6-2 for her compatriot Belinda Bencic, tenth favorite, and Olympic champion.