The semifinals saw two heated 3 set matches that lasted late into the night! Kerber and Li moved forward into the final.
(Rank/Seed)
7/5 Kerber beat Kvitova 61 26 64, snapping her 8 match winning streak. Kvitova's unforced errors proved her undoing throughout, and even when Kvitova attempted to up the pace by taking to the net, Kerber continued to force the issue and got her second win over Kvitova this season
9/9 Li beat V. Williams 75 36 61, despite Williams' obvious back problem, causing her serve to travel as slowly as 65mph! Li made hard work of the first set, but Williams was left to rue 2 double faults on break points down to relinquish the set. After dropping an early break, treatment seemed to loosen Williams spirit as she recovered to take the second set. However, the hard work took its toll and Li ran away with the last five games to claim her third win in as many meeting with Venus
Li has beaten Kerber in 4 of their 5 meetings, but it's 1-1 this season. Kerber's in her 4th final of the year and has won 2, whilst Li has yet to win a title this year, going 0-3 in finals so far. Kvitova predicts Li will win, so I'll go for consistent Kerber! We'll see!
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