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The world number 11 will meet American Varvara Lepchenko in
the semi-finals on Saturday while Ukraine's Elina Svitolina will
play Germany's Angelique Kerber at the tournament in Stanford.
Lepchenko defeated Mona Barthel of Germany 6-7 6-2 6-3 while
Svitolina advanced with a 4-6 7-5 6-1 win over American Alison
Riske.
Germany's Kerber came from behind to beat Poland's second seed
Agnieszka Radwanska 4-6 6-4 6-4.
Win or lose Pliskova will push herself into the top-10 for the
first time when the new rankings are released on Monday.
Only world number one Serena Williams (40-1) has won more
matches than Pliskova (38-14) this season.
(Editing by Greg Stutchbury)
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