Semi Final Predictions — WTA Tokyo

Top-seed Caroline Wozniacki survived a nail-biting scare Friday against Angelique Kerber of Germany at the Pan Pacific Open, advancing to a semi-final showdown against Belinda Bencic.

And there was danger this time, too – after Wozniacki cruised through the first set, 6-2, the No.5-seeded Kerber cruised just as much in the second set, retaliating by the exact same scoreline, 6-2.

“I started off well in the first set”.

But Wozniacki, who won the Pan Pacific Open in 2010, remained calm and picked up the pace toward the end of the second set, before firing off blistering shots to win key games in the third.

“The third base create could afford gone both strategies, nevertheless i received the main points, consequently I’m really happy”. “I thought it was a high-level match”, said Ivanovic, who said it was hard to find where to land her serves because the Slovak “was reading my serves really well”.

Bencic, seeded No.8, saved three straight break points in the fourth game of the second set to hold for a 3-1 lead and swept the next three games to close out the win. “I am very happy about that”, Wozniacki said.

Wozniacki was asked about the Swiss WTA Rising Star in her post-match press conference.

In Friday’s other quarter-final, Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova stunned Serbia’s defending champion Ana Ivanovic 7-6 6-3 to set up a semi-final against 2011 champion Agnieszka Radwanska after the Pole defeated Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 7-5 6-2.

“She was reading the game really well”. “New match, new tournament -we’ll see what happens”.