Lucie Safarova into semis of the Aegon Classic Birmingham 2017

Lucie Safarova became the first semi-finalist of the day, defeating Australian ninth seed Daria Gavrilova 6-7(4), 6-3, 7-6(5) in an epic three-hour marathon. The Czech, ranked no.41 in the world spectacularly saved three match points before reaching her second semi-final on grass in the space of a week. Safarova also came back from two match points down in her previous match against third seed Dominika Cibulkova