NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Second-seeded defending champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic beat seventh-seeded Agnieska Radwanska of Poland 7-5, 6-4 on Thurday night to reach the Connecticut Open semifinals.
"She's a smart player," Kvitova said. "She know where the ball will go probably before I know where it's going to be. She's a very good mover actually. I think that the serve is kind of the weakness of her game. I was trying to take advantage from it, to be aggressive from the first kind of shot."
Kvitova overcame a 5-3 deficit in the first set.