Czech Republic's Petra Kvitova returns a ball to France's Kristina Mladenovic on day five of the Birmingham Classic tennis tournament at Edgbaston Priory, Birmingham, England, Friday June 23. "I was very happy with my performance". But she double-faulted twice when she was trying to close out the match, allowing Mladenovic to eventually even the second set at 5-5.
But she too double-faulted, repairing some of the damage with a brilliant passing shot which saved match point on Kvitova s serve at 6-4.
Vandeweghe injured a foot in her opening match which, she said, contributed to her tumble in the second set.
"I don't know what to say, it was such an awesome fight between the both of us and I'm so happy I won", Safarova said.
Last month Kvitova slipped away from Paris with an empty feeling after losing in the second round of the French Open, while Mladenovic became the home star of Roland Garros by ending the title defence of Garbine Muguruza.
Safarova saved two match points against third-seeded Dominika Cibulkova in the first round and three against Gavrilova in a contest so full of entertaining rallies the women received a prolonged standing ovation.
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At 3-5 down in the final tie-break Safarova hit a drive to the baseline which Gavrilova thought was out, but her appeal to the video replay brought no images to the screen. "I just believed that I could pull it out and win it", she added. I had a few opportunities, but not really a real chance because she was serving well. "And she's been playing great on grass, and obviously we've had a lot of matches against each other, and I'm still waiting for a victory".
The 18-time Grand Slam champion will now face rapidly rising talent Karen Khachanov, who won his all-Russian quarterfinal against Andrey Rublev 7-6 (8), 4-6, 6-3 to reach his first tour semifinal of the year.
It is only Muguruza s third semi-final of the year and the first on grass since she reached the final of Wimbledon in 2015.
"Any injury so soon before Wimbledon has to be a concern", she admitted before going to have a scan.
Benefiting from the injury retirement of Italian Camila Giorgi, Australia's Ashleigh Barty also made it through to the final four of the Wimbledon warm-up, although compatriot Daria Gavrilova wasn't so fortunate, falling to Lucie Safarova in three sets.
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