Clinical Agnieszka Radwanska is on the brink of securing her place in the WTA Finals after outclassing Karolina Pliskova to set up a Tianjin Open final against Danka Kovinic.
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Radwanska will face Danka Kovinic, who edged out Bojana Jovanovski 6-4,6(2)-7, 6-2 in Sunday’s final.
Kovinic is the only Montenegrin to reach the last eight of a WTA tournament and the 20-year-old can now look forward to her first final.
In the second set, a pair of breaks was traded early on but the players were inseparable for the remainder.
Radwanska broke the third-seeded Pliskova’s serve four times and saved both break points she faced to prevail in 66 minutes.
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The win is Radwanska’s fifth in five previous battles with the Czech, and she’s never dropped a set or even been forced to a tiebreaker against Pliskova. After losing just three games in her opening two rounds, Radwanska survived a tight opening set against WTA rising star Elizaveta Kulichkova to book her place in the semi finals, with a 7-6(3), 6-2 win. Both have reached the finals in Hong Kong and Tianjin respectively and if they were to win the final on Sunday, will see themselves through to Singapore.
