Hantuchova had won one of her previous four meetings with Jankovic

Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova recovered from a set down to upset second seed Jelena Jankovic 1-6 6-3 6-3 at the Family Circle Cup in Charleston.

Hantuchova, who broke the former world number one six times, won through to the semis in two hours 18 minutes.

World number two Caroline Wozniacki brushed aside Nadia Petrova 6-3 6-4 to book her own place in the last four.

Australia's Samantha Stosur made short work of China's Shuai Peng, winning 6-4 6-1 to earn a clash with Hantuchova.

Russia's seventh seed Vera Zvonareva secured the fourth quarter-final place with a 7-5 6-2 win over American Melanie Oudin.

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"I felt very good on the court today, even though the first set was not easy," said Hantuchova after her first win over a top-10 player in three years.

Jankovic said: "I played really well in the first set and I played really aggressive, but then I just stopped and I especially had trouble hitting my backhand."

In Barcelona, Francesca Schiavone defeated Yaroslava Shvedova 6-1 6-2 and Roberta Vinci beat Alexandra Dulgheru 6-7 (4-7) 6-1 6-2 to set up an all-Italian final.

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