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Champion Svitolina to meet Kerber in Dubai semifinals
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Angelique Kerber and Elina Svitolina will face off in a Dubai Championships semifinal today after both ran down opponents in quick straight-sets wins.
Holder and top seed Svitolina defeated Japan’s Naomi Osaka 6-2, 6-4 yesterday while German sixth seed Kerber won a rematch of the 2016 US Open final, beating Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-4, 6-3. Kerber improved her record over Pliskova to 7-3 after winning five of the last six matches against her fellow former WTA No. 1. Kerber, ranked ninth after a solid start in 2018, claimed her 15th win of the season, pulling her level for the lead on the WTA circuit with No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki. Kerber reached the final four in an hour and a quarter with three breaks of serve without facing a challenge to her own serve. Svitolina, ranked 4, ended a run of two 2016 losses to Osaka, ranked 48th and first Japanese quarterfinalist at the event since 2004. “I had a couple of tough matches against her. I had to be ready for her to come back,” Svitolina said. “I had to be ready for her to raise her level.” The Ukrainian, looking for her 11th career WTA trophy, was coming off an opening challenge less than 24 hours earlier when she beat Chinese lucky loser Wang Qiang.
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