Agnieszka Radwanska booked a last‑four meeting with the world No1, Angelique Kerber, at the WTA Finals by defeating Karolina Pliskova in straight sets. Radwanska and Pliskova knew that whoever emerged victorious in their group stage match in Singapore would advance to face Kerber on Saturday and the defending champion triumphed 7-5, 6-3.
Radwanska came into the contest having not dropped a set to Pliskova in their previous six matches and although the Czech broke first in the opening set, Poland’s Radwanska fought back impressively and took it with a booming forehand return.
Pliskova was up a break in the second set, too, but at 3-2 she lost four successive games to give Radwanska a place in the semi-finals. “I have nothing to lose at the moment; I’m going to play the best player this season,” Radwanska said after the match. She [Kerber] has played incredible tennis this year. It’s going to be a great challenge and hopefully I can play even better.”
In the earlier match Garbiñe Muguruza defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6, 6-0, 6-1 in a meeting between two women whose semi-final fates had already been determined.
Muguruza had lost her opening two group matches and had been eliminated from the event, while Kuznetsova had already sealed a last-four match against Dominika Cibulkova.
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