WTA Finals: Angelique Kerber & Dominika Cibulkova reach semi-finals
World number one Angelique Kerber and Slovakia’s seventh seed Dominika Cibulkova secured semi-final places at the WTA Finals as both players won their final group matches in Singapore.
Kerber beat American Madison Keys 6-3 6-3 to claim her third win of the week.
Cibulkova had required the German to win in straight sets to progress from the White Group, having earlier beaten Romania’s Simona Halep 6-3 7-6 (7-5).
Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova had already qualified from the Red Group.
The winner of Friday’s final round-robin match between Poland’s defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska and Czech fourth seed Karolina Pliskova will complete the semi-final line-up.
More to follow.
| Red Group (*Qualified for semi-finals) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Sets won-lost | Games won-lost | |
| 1. Angelique Kerber – Q* | 3 | 6-1 | 39-27 |
| 2. Dominika Cibulkova – Q* | 1 | 3-4 | 33-36 |
| 3. Simona Halep | 1 | 2-4 | 27-31 |
| 4. Madison Keys | 1 | 2-4 | 24-29 |
| White Group | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | Sets won-lost | Games won-lost | |
| 1. Svetlana Kuznetsova – Q* | 2 | 4-2 | 31-30 |
| 2. Agnieszka Radwanska | 1 | 3-2 | 29-24 |
| 3. Karolina Pliskova | 1 | 3-3 | 33-30 |
| 4. Garbine Muguruza | 0 | 1-4 | 23-31 |