Top seed Svitolina to meet Kerber in sizzling Dubai semi
Dubai — Angelique Kerber and Elina Svitolina will meet in a Dubai Championships semifinal on Friday after both had quick straight-sets wins.Top seed Svitolina defeated Japan’s Naomi Osaka 6-2 6-4 on Thursday while German sixth seed Kerber beat Czech Karolina Pliskova 6-4 6-3.Kerber improved her record over Pliskova to 7-3 after winning five of their last six matches. Kerber claimed her 15th win of the season, pulling her level for the lead on the WTA circuit with No1 Caroline Wozniacki."I was playing quite good today, serving well was the key for the match," Kerber said."She hit the ball really hard, serving good. I was trying to put good returns back, and just play my game. I have much more confidence than when I started the year where I actually had no idea where I was, especially after last year. I have already so many matches under my belt, so that gives me much more match confidence," Kerber said."I’m going out there and just thinking about the next match, the next point — noth...
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