British number one Johanna Konta reached the Bank of the West Classic semi-finals in California with a 6-2 4-6 6-3 victory over Saisai Zheng.
Konta, ranked 18 in the world, broke her opponent – who is 56 places below – her twice in the opening set.
But the Chinese player won the last three games of the second set to level.
Third seed Konta, 25, gained a crucial break in the deciding set in Stanford to go 4-3 ahead and clinched victory in just over two hours and 20 minutes.
Konta will take on Dominika Cibulkova in the semi-finals, while Venus Williams faces fellow American Alison Riske.
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