Maria Sharapova of Russia serves the ball to Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia during a Mexican Tennis Open quarterfinal match in Acapulco, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
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ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) - Top-seeded Maria Sharapova of Russia beat Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 on Thursday night to reach the Mexico Open semifinals.
Sharapova will face third-seeded Caroline Garcia of France in the hard-court event at The Fairmont Acapulco Princess. Garcia led Mirjana Lucic-Baroni 6-2, 2-1 when the Croatian player retired.
In the other quarterfinals, Bulgaria's Sesil Karatantcheva topped Monica Puig of Puerto Rico, 2-6, 7-6 (7), 6-4, and fifth-seeded Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland topped Johanna Larsson of Sweden 6-3, 6-3.
In men's play, top-seeded Kei Nishikori of Japan beat fifth-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 6-4, 6-4. Nishikori will face No. 4 Kevin Anderson of South Africa, a 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 winner over Serbia's Viktor Troicki.
In the night quarterfinals, Ryan Harrison of the United States beat No. 6 Ivo Karlovic of Croatia 4-6, 7-6 (0), 7-6 (4), and No. 2 David Ferrer of Spain got past Australia's Bernard Tomic 6-4, 3-6, 6-1. The 35-year-old Karlovic won the Delray Beach Open on Sunday in Florida for his sixth career ATP Tour title.
Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia returns the ball to Maria Sharapova of Russia during a Mexican Tennis Open during a quarterfinal match in Acapulco, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
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Maria Sharapova of Russia returns the ball to Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia during a Mexican Tennis Open quarterfinal match in Acapulco, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
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Kei Nishikori of Japan returns the ball to Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine, during a Mexican Tennis Open quarterfinal match in Acapulco, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
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Kei Nishikori of Japan returns the ball to Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine, during a Mexican Tennis Open quarterfinal match, in Acapulco, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
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Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine returns the ball to Kei Nishikori of Japan, during a Mexican Tennis Open quarterfinal match, in Acapulco, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. Top-seeded Kei Nishikori beat fifth-seeded Dolgopolov 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday to reach the semifinals. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
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Ivo Karlovic of Croatia returns the ball to Ryan Harrison of the U.S. during a Mexican Tennis Open quarterfinal match, in Acapulco, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
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Ryan Harrison of the U.S. returns the ball to Ivo Karlovic of Croatia in a Mexican Tennis Open quarterfinal match, in Acapulco, Mexico, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Christian Palma)
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