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WTA Finals: Svetlana Kuznetsova beats Karolina Pliskova and reaches semi-finals

  • Posted: Oct 26, 2016

Svetlana Kuznetsova became the first player to reach the last four of the WTA Finals following victory over Karolina Pliskova in Singapore.

Kuznetsova, 31, beat Czech Pliskova 3-6 6-2 7-6 (8-6) but her semi-final spot was sealed by Agnieszka Radwanska’s 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 win over Garbine Muguruza.

Defeat eliminated Spain’s Muguruza at the group stage.

The winner of Polish defending champion Radwanska’s final White Group match with Pliskova will also go through.

Both Kuznetsova and Pliskova served for the match in the third set, before Kuznetsova converted her fourth match point,

“I felt the support of the crowd and I couldn’t let anyone down. I had to fight,” she said.

On Monday, Kuznetsova also saved a match point in beating Radwanska, after cutting her own hair during a changeover because she said it was affecting her play.

She earned the eighth and final place at the Finals by winning the Kremlin Cup on Saturday.

The top two players from each group will qualify for the semi-finals.

In the Red Group, world number one Angelique Kerber has all but secured her place in the last four, while Madison Keys and Simona Halep remain in contention.

White Group
Wins Sets won-lost Games won-lost
Svetlana Kuznetsova 2 4-2 31-30
Agnieszka Radwanska 1 3-2 29-24
Karolina Pliskova 1 3-3 33-30
Garbine Muguruza 0 1-4 14-19
Red Group
Wins Sets won-lost Games won-lost
Angelique Kerber 2 4-1 27-21
Madison Keys 1 2-2 18-17
Simona Halep 1 2-2 18-18
Dominika Cibulkova 0 1-4 20-27

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Klaasen/Ram Set Venus/Lindstedt QF Contest In Basel

  • Posted: Oct 26, 2016

Klaasen/Ram Set Venus/Lindstedt QF Contest In Basel

Duo looking to qualify for year-end championships in London

Third seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram took a positive step towards London on Tuesday at the Swiss Indoors Basel. Klaasen/Ram beat Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta and Italian Paolo Lorenzi 6-2, 6-4 to move into the Basel quarter-finals.

The South African/American pairing are currently in sixth place in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London, 380 points ahead of seventh-placed Henri Kontinen and John Peers. The top eight doubles teams at the end of the season will qualify for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held 13-20 Nov. at The O2 in London.

View the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London

Klaasen/Ram will meet Michael Venus and Robert Lindstedt in the quarter-finals. Lindstedt/Venus beat Ivan Dodig and Nenad Zimonjic 7-6(3), 6-3.

Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah were unable to build on their Moscow title on Tuesday in Basel. The Colombians fell to Spaniard Marcel Granollers and American Jack Sock 6-3, 5-7, 10-5. Cabal/Farah are in 10th place in the Emirates ATP Doubles Race To London, 495 points behind eighth-placed Treat Huey/Max Mirnyi.

In Vienna, Steve Johnson and Philipp Petzschner prevailed against Santiago Gonzalez and Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi 6-7(6), 6-2, 12-10.

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Contenders For 2016 ATP World Tour Awards Presented By Moët & Chandon

  • Posted: Oct 25, 2016

Contenders For 2016 ATP World Tour Awards Presented By Moët & Chandon

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