Maria
Sharapova remained on course for consecutive Madrid Open titles when she
recovered from dropping the second set to beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-1, 3-6, 6-3
and book a spot in the semi-finals.
Dane Wozniacki, the fifth seed and a Madrid finalist in 2009, had
yet to drop a set on the clay in the Magic Box arena on her way to the last
eight but had her service broken five times by third-seeded Sharapova, who is
chasing a 35th career title.
The Russian will return to No 2 in the world behind Serena
Williams if she reaches the final.
Maria Sharapova reached the semi-finals in Madrid with a three-set victory over Caroline Wozniacki
Wozniacki fought back to win the second set but was eventually beaten by her Russian rival
Williams,
the top seed and Madrid winner in 2012 and 2013, when she beat Sharapova in the
final, faces local favourite Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain later on Thursday
and is on course to meet Czech fourth seed Petra Kvitova in the last four.
Kvitova,
the 2011 champion, faces unseeded Romanian Irina-Camelia Begu in their
quarter-final.
Sharapova's
semi-final opponent will be the winner of the match between Czech 13th seed
Lucie Safarova and unseeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Sharapova is congratulated by Wozniacki after their hard-fought match in Madrid
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