Tennis News : Bencic battles past Alexandrova to reach semi-finals of German Open

Belinda Bencic continued to confirm her grass-court credentials at the German Open on Friday with a hard-fought 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4) win against Ekaterina Alexandrova, conqueror of Elina Svitolina in the previous round. Fifth seed Bencic was taken all the way to a final-set tiebreak by the 34th-ranked Russian, where the Swiss player came up with some inspirational shot-making to claim her place in the last four. Bencic will face Alize Cornet of France in Saturday's semi-final.