The semifinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open saw a masterclass and an upset, as Radwanska and Petrova progressed
(Rank/Seed)
3/3 A. Radwanska played a spectacular match to beat the most prolific match player this year, (6/5) Kerber 61 61. Radwanska hit 20 winners to just 4 unforced errors as she mixed up the play and made Kerber increasingly prone to error. The scoreline doesn't reflect the quality of play on display as both players wowed the crowd with phenomenal defence and their ability to adapt, but Radwanska was way more solid
18/17 Petrova upset (9/8) Stosur 64 62, going unbroken all match. Petrova won 85% of her 1st serve points and took advantage of a below par Stosur, who seemed affected by an abdominal injury on her backhand side
Radwanska is the defending champion and has won 3 of the 4 previous meetings against Petrova, but these all came in 2008. Petrova has only beaten 2 top 10 players in one tournament before, Tokyo in 2008 and one of those happened to be over Radwanska! She's never beaten 3 top 10 players in a tournament before. This is her biggest final since Moscow 2006! I predict Radwanska will become the 1st to defend this title since Davenport in 2004 in straight sets
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