Kerber to face Jankovic in Hong Kong final

“I ve been under a lot of pressure in my career, playing big moments, all that experience hopefully will help me”, she said as she looked ahead to Saturday s semi-final.

Stosur had staged a remarkable comeback against Heather Watson in the quarter-finals by winning 11 straight games but the Australian ran out of ideas and inspiration against Kerber.

“It s never easy”.

If Williams reaches the final in Hong Kong she will have enough points to make the top eight for Singapore, the WTA said on its website.

Angelique Kerber moved to within a win of her fifth title of 2015 and qualification for the WTA Finals at Singapore with a convincing 6-2, 6-2 victory over Sam Stosur in Hong Kong. “She’s such a great champion and has been playing quite well the last month or so, winning Wuhan, so she’s in great form”, Jankovic said.

At the time of press, her final opponent was unknown – a pair of former World No.1s, Venus Williams and Jelena Jankovic, were just getting underway in the second semifinal.

Seven-time Grand Slam champion Williams, seeded third, was defeated 6-4, 7-5 in a tense encounter which lasted 2 hours, 4 minutes in front of a packed center court at Victoria Park.

“I’m happy with the way I played, though, and I’m really happy I was able to beat her tonight”.

The seventh-seeded Russian is to take on Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium for a place in today’s final.

She can ensure she is part of the elite eight-player event if she wins the Hong Kong Open.

Having recovered from a wrist injury that had sidelined her since the US Open, Flipkens needed seven chances while serving at 5-3 to close out the opening set.

“She played well on those points”.