Danish tennis star Caroline Wozniacki has survived a first-set scare to win her ASB Classic quarter-final 4-6 6-2 6-4 over Sofia Kenin.
Wozniacki was sluggish out of the blocks on Saturday, losing her first set of the tournament before rebounding to beat her American foe in two-and-a-half hours.
She'll now look to qualify for her first Classic final since 2015 when she plays American Sachia Vickery in Saturday afternoon's semi-final.
The unheralded Vickery shocked the Auckland field by thumping Polish fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2 6-2 earlier on Saturday.
After beating defending Classic champion Lauren Davis earlier in the tournament, Vickery had too much power for Radwanska.
The 22-year-old raced out to an early first-set lead and ultimately won in a canter.
"I was just so bad in that match, I couldn't feel anything on court - no rhythm, no nothing," the 28-year-old Radwanska said.
"I don't think (Vickery) had to do much today, in that match.
"You just want to forget about those matches."
In the other semi-final, German second seed Julia Goerges will play Su-Wei Hsieh after the Taiwanese player knocked out Czech Barbora Strycova.
Goerges, meanwhile, made light work of Polona Hercog.
The women's singles schedule is heavily backlogged due to Thursday and Friday's Auckland downpours, which cancelled all play and pushed both the quarter-finals and semi-finals into Saturday.
The final will now be held on Sunday.
Weather also forced Classic organisers to push the women's doubles competition indoors on Friday, with both semi-finals taking place inside.
In the doubles final, which will be held on Sunday, favourites Sara Errani and Bibiane Schoofs will take on Japanese duo Eri Hozumi and Miyu Kato.
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