This is Pliskova’s fourth trip to a final this year after losses in Sydney, Dubai and Birmingham, where she succumbed to Kerber.
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Czech Karolina Pliskova stopped upset-maker Varvara Lepchenko in the semi-finals at the Bank of The West Classic in Stanford, California, on Saturday. Svitolina also won that match against Riske, ranked 59th in the world, in three sets.
Svitolina is to play No. 14 Angelique Kerber of Germany, a 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 victor over No. 7 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.
However Pliskova’s fifth last would be the most of any participant on tour in 2015. Pliskova – the very best remaining seed at No. four – might exclusively chuckle at that reality.
“I took some time to get back into shape”, Lepchenko said.
“My serve is solid now”, she said.
However she’s undoubtedly making a serious transfer.
Pliskova will make her top-10 debut when the rankings are released Monday.
If her serve continues to mature in live performance together with her all-around recreation, she’ll be an elite participant on the Grand Slam degree earlier than lengthy.
Did she stay up to scout her possible opponent? She was the aggressor from the outset in this match, and never really relented at any point.
The important thing, nevertheless, just isn’t a lot the aces, however what number of first serves Pliskova will get in, and what number of aren’t returned. But I have found some level where I can play. There wasn’t a lot of hype around her match, but much of it was in her favor to win. “I still thought I had enough to play and beat her. The ball was coming at me so fast I couldn’t get into a rhythm”.
The second-seeded and seventh-ranked Radwanska, playing for the first time since the Wimbledon semifinals, was down 0-2 in the second set before rattling off 12 consecutive games to set up a meeting with fifth-seeded Angelique Kerber in Friday’s quarterfinals. Radwanska was a finalist in 2013 before losing a tough three-set match to Dominika Cibulkova while Kerber reached the finals last year, losing in straight sets to Serena Williams.
Kerber and Pliskova have met five times, with Kerber holding a 3-2 edge.
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Chan and Darija Jurak of Croatia were beaten 6-3, 7-5 by Spanish duo Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja in 1 hour, 12 minutes.
