Stosur moves past Cibulkova into French Open SF

Paris: US Open champion Samantha Stosur reached the semi-finals at the French Open for the third time in four years, beating 15th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia 6-4, 6-1 on Tuesday.

The sixth-seeded Stosur has won all 10 sets she's played this year at Roland Garros, where she was the runner-up in 2010 and got to the semi-finals in 2009.

Serving while trailing 1-0 in the second set, Stosur faced three break points at love-40. But she won 13 of the next 14 points to take complete control and wound up winning the match's last six games.

The US Open champion reached the semis at the Roland Garros for the third time in four years.

Cibulkova, at 5-foot-3 the shortest player in the top 100, upset No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in the fourth round. Cibulkova was a French Open semifinalist in 2009.

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