Jennifer Capriati stormed back from a set down to beat fourth seed Monica Seles 5-7 6-4 6-3 today and march into the semi-finals of the Australian Open.
Twelfth seed Capriati fought back from an inconsistent start to reel off eight games in a row from the middle of the second set and turn the tide against Seles.
Capriati bounced back from 4-2 down in the second set and grabbed two breaks of serve to race to a 4-0 lead in the third set.
Former world number one Seles had earlier profited from errors at crucial times by fellow American Capriati, who mixed aces and clean winners with double-faults and simple groundstroke errors.
Seles had looked set to win the match in straight sets when she grabbed a key break of serve in the 12th game of the first set on her seventh set point after eight deuces against the tenacious Capriati.
But Capriati, who was warned for throwing her racket after serving a double fault to hand Seles another break and a 4-2 lead in the second set, clambered her way back.
She will next play either defending champion Lindsay Davenport or eighth seed Anna Kournikova in the semi-finals. - Reuters