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Patna : World No 6 in WTA rankings Sloane Stephens, 25, USA, World No 7 Elina Svitolina, 24, Ukraine, World No 8 Karolina Pliskova, 26, Czech Republic, and World No 9 Kiki Bertens, 26, Netherlands, have entered the semi-finals of WTA tour finals at Singapore on the strength of their victories in the Group Stage matches. Svitolina and Stephens won all their three Group Stage matches while Pliskova and Bertens won 2 matches each.
The semi-finals will be played on October 27, 2018. Svitolina will play Bertens in the first semi-finals. In the second semi-finals, Stephens will play Pliskova.
Stephens defeated World No 2 and reigning Wimbledon Champion Angeliqure Kerber, 30, Germany, 6-3, 6-3 in her last Group Stage match on October 26, 2018. Stephens, the 2017 US Open Champion, won 5 break points in the match to two by Kerber. Kerber committed 4 double faults to 2 by Stephens. Stephens won 4 games in a row to 2 by her rival. Both the players served just one Ace each in the match.
Bertens won her last Group Stage match on October 26, 2018, after her opponent and reigning US Open Champion Naomi Osaka, 21, Japan, retired in the second set due to injury after losing the first set. Bertens had won the first set 6-3.
World No 2 Kerber and World No 3 and reigning Australian Open Champion Caroline Wozniacki, the defending champion, failed to make it to the semi-finals. Both Wozniacki and Kerber lost two of their three Group Stage matches.
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