Dominika Cibulkova's wins mean tight security for her father

Dominika Cibulkova’s father is keeping security guards on their toes during the WTA Finals in Singapore.

Cibulkova brought her parents to the event and, despite dropping her first two matches in the round-robin stage, she won the third to qualify for the semifinals. But her father's excited reaction to the win got a different reception, according to Cibulkova.

"Yeah, my father today, after my win, he jumped down and again the security took him away," she told the press in Singapore. "He's a little bit emotional. You can see me on the court. I get emotions. Maybe, probably, it's from him I get these emotions."

It's not the first time it's happened, she added.

“Do you remember Stanford, when he jumped down on the court?" she said." Yeah, today he didn't get on the court, but he jumped down.”

The Slovakian said her regular team doesn't usually react that way, though her fiancé and now husband was prominent for his vocal cheering during her run to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon. But Cibulkova is happy to have the extra backing, as she doesn't bring her parents to a lot of events.

“Mostly I'm looking in my box [at] my coach,” she said. “They are more calm. But I'm happy my parents are here with me, and they can see me playing great tennis in Singapore.”

Cibulkova defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova on Saturday to advance to the final. She'll play world No. 1 Angelique Kerber on Sunday.