WTA Finals: SanTina, Radwanska in semis

Singapore, October 28 

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis entered the semifinals of the  WTA Finals after beating Taiwanese combination of Hao-Ching Chan and Yung Jan Chan 7-6 (12-10) 7-5.

The Indo-Swiss pair will be pitted against the winner of the match between top seeds Caroline Garcia-Kristina Mladenovic and Bethanie Mattek-Sands-Lucie Safarova. This is the pair’s first competition since they split following an early exit at Montreal in July. 

Radwanska beats Pliskova

Poland’s Agnieszka Radwanska stayed patient in the face of a barrage of big serving to advance to the last four for the third time in a row with a 7-5 6-3 victory over Karolina Pliskova. Garbine Muguruza ended her campaign with a 3-6 6-0 6-1 consolation victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova, who still emerged as the White Group winner and will face Dominika Cibulkova in the other semifinal on Saturday. After compiling identical 1-1 records in their first two matches, both losing to Kuznetsova but beating Muguruza, Friday’s contest was a winner-takes-all affair and Radwanska kept her composure to advance. — Agencies