Saturday 13 September 2014 09:38, UK
Fifth seed Julia Goerges came through a tight tussle against Andrea Hlavackova to reach the semi-finals of the Coupe Banque Nationale in Quebec.
Goerges, who is seeking her first WTA title since winning in Stuttgart three years ago, came through against the 193rd-ranked Czech 6-7(6) 7-5 6-2 on the indoor courts despite losing the opening set tiebreak.
The 25-year-old German equalled her best performance of the season by reaching the last four of a major tournament. She also made the semi-finals in Pattaya City earlier this year.
Next up for Goerges is a clash against Croatian Mirjana Lucic-Baroni after she made light work of Kazakstan's 195th-ranked Sesil Karatantcheva 7-5 6-0.
Top seed Venus Williams, a seven-time grand slam singles champion, defeated Czech hopeful Lucie Hradecka 6-3 4-6 7-6 (7-3) in two hours and 10 minutes.
Williams, 34, is ranked 19th and comes off a third-round exit at the US Open. She is seeking her 46th career WTA crown and second of the year after winning in Dubai.
She will next face American fourth seed Shelby Rogers who ended the challenge of world No 413 Tatjana Maria from Germany 6-4 6-2.
