Patty Schnyder's hopes of ending an 11-year drought on clay have come to an end at the Internazionali Femminili di Tennis di Palermo.
Schnyder was forced to retire injured in the first set of her quarter-final against Anna-Lena Groenefeld
Second-seed Schnyder, who last triumphed on the surface in Palermo in 1998, lasted just half-an-hour before forfeiting with the German 4-3 ahead.
Top seed Flavia Pennetta had it easier with a comfortable 6-4 6-4 win over France's Aravane Rezai, while her fellow Italian Tathiana Garbin defeated Olga Govortsova 6-2 6-1.
The crowd then cheered a third home player into the last four as Sara Errani edged Yaroslava Shvedova 6-2 7-5.
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