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However, Bencic – who had earlier accounted for Australian Samantha Stosur – immediately broke back and set up a final on Sunday against seventh-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland.

She is to face Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who won the first semi-final match in the women’s draw after top seed Ekaterina Makarova withdrew before the third set with the score at 4-6, 6-3. “In the first set he started well”.

Determined to rebound from a nagging injury that forced him to withdraw early from Wimbledon, Kei Nishikori advanced to the semifinals of the Citi Open in Washington D.C. with a straight set victory over Sam Groth of Australia.

However, her chances of victory appeared slim when the No 3 seed from Italy served for the match at 5-4 in the second set.

‘I thought it was one of my worst matches that I played the whole tournament so far.