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Harriet Dart reached her first semi-final on the WTA Tour with victory over Spain’s Nuria Parrizas-Diaz at the Transylvania Open.<\/b><\/p>\n
The British number three, who came through qualifying at the event in Cluj, Romania, won 6-3 6-2.<\/p>\n
Dart, 27, will face Czech former world number one Karolina Pliskova, who beat Italy’s Sara Errani 6-2 6-0, next.<\/p>\n
She will rise to a provisional 92nd in the world rankings, eight places shy of her career best of 84th.<\/p>\n
Dart had lost her four previous WTA Tour quarter-finals, all coming on British grass.<\/p>\n
Having lost to Parrizas-Diaz in the final of January’s second-tier Canberra Open, Dart got off to a shaky start against the Spaniard when she was broken in the opening game by her unseeded opponent.<\/p>\n
But she immediately broke back to start a winning run of four successive games, before forcing Parrizas-Diaz to save four break points to hold serve.<\/p>\n
After seeing out the opening set at the first opportunity, Dart proceeded to go a double break up at the start of the second.<\/p>\n
She and Parrizas-Diaz traded further breaks before the Briton sealed her progression to the last four on her second match point.<\/p>\n
“I’m really excited to keep it going,” said Dart. <\/p>\n
“I don’t think either of us played particularly good tennis, I think both of us were a bit nervous. <\/p>\n
“I was just happy that I fought really hard, kept my head together and managed to take the close games and the big moments.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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