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Radwanska to meet Svitolina in final
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 28 - 08 - 2016

Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska put on a dominant performance against double defending champion Petra Kvitova to ease into the final of the Connecticut Open with a 6-1, 6-1 triumph Friday.
Kvitova, who also won the event in 2012, was looking to join Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki as four-time winners of the tournament but the sixth-seeded Czech was completely overwhelmed by the Polish world No. 4.
The two-time Wimbledon champion committed 17 unforced errors in the first set and never got into the match, which was completed in 77 minutes.
The fast-starting Radwanska won the first five games of the match and then reeled off the opening four of the second set to stay in control throughout.
The Pole advances to face Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, who overcame Johanna Larsson 6-4, 6-2 to reach the final.
Larsson enjoyed an improbable run in the tournament after reaching the main draw when other players withdrew, the Swede upsetting Italy's Roberta Vinci in the quarterfinals before coming up short against the 21-year-old Svitolina.
The 10th-seeded Svitolina shocked Serena Williams on her way to a quarterfinals at the Rio Olympics and a victory in this warm-up event for next week's US Open would be her second of the year after she triumphed in Malaysia in May.
Agut battles past Troicki
Roberto Bautista Agut will meet fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta in Winston-Salem Open final after he outplayed Serbian Viktor Troicki 7-5, 6-7(2), 6-2 in a dramatic semifinal that lasted more than two hours in steamy afternoon heat.
Bautista Agut appeared to be cruising after taking the first set and racing to 5-0 in the second.
In a sudden transformation, Troicki started going for his shots, hitting winner after winner as he reeled off five straight games and dominated the tiebreak to even the match at a set apiece.
A short break between sets seemed to help Bautista Agut, who steadied the ship and served strongly in the final set to move within sight of his fourth title of the year.
"I was a bit tight when trying to close out the match," Bautista Agut told reporters. "It's a normal thing, though. Everyone is a bit nervous when trying to win the match.
"I was very disappointed to lose the second set after leading 5-0. But the good thing is that I was able to recover and set aside the bad feelings in the third set. I work hard on the mental side of my game and I think it is one of my strengths."
Troicki, though disappointed to lose, took heart from his comeback. "I'm disappointed in the loss but still proud of how I fought," he said.
In the evening semifinal, Carreno Busta took down John Millman 6-4 7-6 (5). The 49th ranked player in the world, Carreno Busta has yet to lose a set in this tournament. — Agencies


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