Sydney, Australia (Sports Network) - Top seed Agnieszka Radwanska was
among Wednesday's quarterfinal winners at the Sydney International, a final
Australian Open tune-up.
The world No. 4 Pole, the 2012 Wimbledon runner-up who was last week's
champion in Auckland, got past Italian Roberta Vinci 6-4, 7-5 at Sydney
Olympic Park Tennis Centre. Radwanska will face fourth-seeded Chinese
slugger Li Na in Thursday's semifinals.
The equally as hot sixth-ranked Li, fresh off her season-opening title in
Shenzhen in her native China last week, came from behind to beat American
qualifier Madison Keys 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-2 in 2 hours, 20 minutes on Day 4.
Li is seeking a trip into a third straight Sydney final, as she was the 2011
champ here and lost to reigning world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka in last
year's title tilt.
Thursday's other semifinal will pit second-seeded German left-hander Angelique
Kerber against diminutive Slovak Dominika Cibulkova. Kerber downed qualifier,
former top-five star and 2008 Sydney runner-up Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-3, 7-5,
while Cibulkova upset third-seeded French Open runner-up Sara Errani of Italy
6-2, 6-1.
The Sports Network