Radwanska moves on; Kerber ousted in Sydney semifinals
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Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska won her semifinal matchup on Thursday, while No. 2 seed Angelique Kerber was upended at the Sydney International, a final Australian Open tune-up.
The world No. 4 Pole, the 2012 Wimbledon runner-up who was last week's champion in Auckland, handled fourth-seeded Chinese slugger Li Na in Thursday's semifinal at Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre.
Radwanska saved 4-of-6 break point opportunities and took advantage of five double faults from Li en route to a 6-3, 6-4 triumph.
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The 23-year-old Radwanska has yet to drop a match this season and will be looking for her 12th career title when she takes on Slovak Dominika Cibulkova in Friday's finale.
Cibulkova knocked off Kerber of Germany 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to secure her spot in her first final of the season.
The Slovak is the first unseeded finalist in Sydney since Jelena Jankovic made a trot to the final in 2007. Overall, she's just the fifth unseeded woman to reach the final since 1990, joining Jankovic, Jennifer Capriati, Venus Williams and Sam Stosur.
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Cibulkova, who owns two career WTA titles, has dropped all three previous meetings with Radwanska, including a 6-0, 6-3 setback in the 2008 U.S. Open.