Cibulkova will play Romanian Sorana Cirstea in the last four after Cirstea, the world number 57, also rebounded from a poor start to see off Olga Govortsova of Belarus 2-6 6-1 6-3.

Second seed Julia Goerges fell 6-2 6-3 to Italy's seventh seed Sara Errani.

In the last four, Errani will face Spaniard Carla Suarez Navarro, who needed 73 minutes to dispatch Romania's Simona Halep 6-4 6-1.