A Kerber, Wozniacki reach Pan Pacfic semis
21 Sept 2014 4:58 AM IST
Top-seeded Kerber outplayed sixth-seeded Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 6-0 and Wozniacki, a former world number one, overcame Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro 6-3, 6-3 in the quarterfinals.
Kerber, 26, ranked eighth in the world, needed just 61 miniutes to stop the 13th-ranked Slovakian.
Wozniacki, seeded second and reeling from her loss to top-ranked American Serena Williams in the US Open final two weeks ago, outlasted the Spaniard in a bout of long rallies.
Kerber will meet third-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia or Czech Lucie Safarova in the round of four on Saturday. Wozniacki’s semifinal opponent is another Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, who outlasted Australian Casey Dellacqua 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3. ‘Dominika is a good player and I knew I needed to be 100 percent. Everything went good and I’m happy to be in the semis again,’ said Kerber, who finished runner-up to Czech Petra Kvitova in last year’s Pan Pacific Open.
‘We had long rallies and at the end it was all about trying to play chess out there, really,’ said the 24-year-old Wozniacki, the world number nine, who reigned at the top of women’s tennis in 2010 and 2011.
Kerber, 26, ranked eighth in the world, needed just 61 miniutes to stop the 13th-ranked Slovakian.
Wozniacki, seeded second and reeling from her loss to top-ranked American Serena Williams in the US Open final two weeks ago, outlasted the Spaniard in a bout of long rallies.
Kerber will meet third-seeded Ana Ivanovic of Serbia or Czech Lucie Safarova in the round of four on Saturday. Wozniacki’s semifinal opponent is another Spaniard Garbine Muguruza, who outlasted Australian Casey Dellacqua 3-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3. ‘Dominika is a good player and I knew I needed to be 100 percent. Everything went good and I’m happy to be in the semis again,’ said Kerber, who finished runner-up to Czech Petra Kvitova in last year’s Pan Pacific Open.
‘We had long rallies and at the end it was all about trying to play chess out there, really,’ said the 24-year-old Wozniacki, the world number nine, who reigned at the top of women’s tennis in 2010 and 2011.
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