Errani knocks out Kirilenko in Slovenia

Eight-seeded Sara Errani eliminated No 1 Maria Kirilenko 6-1, 7-5 in Portoroz on Friday, winning her eighth straight match to reach the semifinals at the Slovenia Open.
 
Errani, who won last week's WTA Tour event in Palermo, Italy, next faces third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, who beat Russia's Vera Dushevina 6-0, 6-1.
 
Wozniacki faced only three break points, won 80% of the points on her first serve and needed only 54 minutes to defeat Dushevina.
 
The other semifinal will pit No 4 seed Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain against 19-year-old German Julia Goerges.
 
Medina Garrigues converted five of 14 break chances and faced only one break point herself in subduing Russian Elena Bovina 6-3, 6-2.
 
Goerges reached the semifinals of a WTA Tour event for the first time since Stockholm last year, beating Petra Martic of Croatia 6-3, 4-6, 6-4 in a match that had 11 breaks of serve - six by Goerges - and took over two hours to complete.