Radwanska rolls on, Ferrer hits stride
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January 11, 2013, Friday
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AGNIESZKA Radwanska needed eight match points to finish off Li Na yesterday but confirmed her fine pre-Australian Open form by maintaining her perfect start to the year and reaching the final of the Sydney International.
The Polish top seed was well worth the 6-3, 6-4 win over her Chinese opponent and will face Dominika Cibulkova in today's final after the Slovakian stunned German second seed Angelique Kerber 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
Although Radwanska has had a busy schedule, Li was clearly tired after playing nine times in 10 days as well as managing to fit in a flight from China to Australia after winning last week's Shenzhen Open.
The Pole broke on Li's first service game and rarely looked back before stuttering to close out the match as she had in beating Yanina Wickmayer in Auckland last week.
David Ferrer has played six fewer matches than Radwanska this year but really hit his stride yesterday when he swept aside Lukas Lacko 6-2, 6-1 in his bid to win a fourth title at the Auckland Open.
The Spaniard, who like Radwanska will be seeded fourth at Melbourne Park next week, needed just 54 minutes to beat his Slovak opponent and set up a semifinal against Germany's Tommy Haas or French wildcard Gael Monfils. Tomas Berdych lost 3-6, 2-6 by Lleyton Hewitt.
The Polish top seed was well worth the 6-3, 6-4 win over her Chinese opponent and will face Dominika Cibulkova in today's final after the Slovakian stunned German second seed Angelique Kerber 6-2, 4-6, 6-3.
Although Radwanska has had a busy schedule, Li was clearly tired after playing nine times in 10 days as well as managing to fit in a flight from China to Australia after winning last week's Shenzhen Open.
The Pole broke on Li's first service game and rarely looked back before stuttering to close out the match as she had in beating Yanina Wickmayer in Auckland last week.
David Ferrer has played six fewer matches than Radwanska this year but really hit his stride yesterday when he swept aside Lukas Lacko 6-2, 6-1 in his bid to win a fourth title at the Auckland Open.
The Spaniard, who like Radwanska will be seeded fourth at Melbourne Park next week, needed just 54 minutes to beat his Slovak opponent and set up a semifinal against Germany's Tommy Haas or French wildcard Gael Monfils. Tomas Berdych lost 3-6, 2-6 by Lleyton Hewitt.
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