SAMANTHA Stosur reached the WTA Tournament of Champions semi-finals on Friday with a 6-1 6-4 win over Bulgarian wildcard Tsvetana Pironkova.
Fourth-seeded Stosur will face Russia's Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova for a place in the final, while Saturday's other semi-final will feature former world No. 1 Ana Ivanovic against in-form Romanian Simona Halep, who has five titles to her name this year.
Pavlyuchenkova, seeded sixth, accounted for French No. 7 seed Alize Cornet 6-2 6-2.
Ivanovic, the world No. 16 and second seed, made it to the last four despite losing her last group match 6-4 3-6 7-6 (7-1) to Russia's No. 5 seed Elena Vesnina.
Ivanovic, a French Open winner, had led 5-2 in the final set.
The 22-year-old Halep made the semi-finals by winning all three group matches without conceding a set and dropping just 16 games.
02 Nov, 2013
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Source: http://www.news.com.au/sport/tennis/samantha-stosur-wins-through-to-the-wta-tournament-of-champions-semifinals/story-fndkzym4-1226751717896?from=public_rss
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