LADIES TENNIS – 2016 WTA FINALS SINGAPORE: DAILY UPDATE AND RESULTS

Written by: Staff on 28th October 2016

LADIES TENNIS - 2016 WTA FINALS SINGAPORE: DAILY UPDATE AND RESULTS

epa05605699 Angelique Kerber of Germany returns a shot against Madison Keys of the USA during their singles Red Group round robin match of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2016 held at the Indoor Stadium in Singapore, 27 October 2016. EPA/WALLACE WOON |

2016 BNP PARIBAS WTA FINALS SINGAPORE PRESENTED BY SC GLOBAL

$7,000,000

OCTOBER 23 – 30, 2016

Daily Update and Results

October 28, 2016

SEMIFINALS ARE SET

Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska will face World No.1 Angelique Kerber, while Svetlana Kuznetsova will take on Dominika Cibulkova for a spot in the championship’s final.

No.1 seeds Garcia/Mladenovic are set to face Mattek-Sands/Safarova in the semifinals, as the defending champions Hingis/Mirza will go up against Makarova/Vesnina. Four of the eight doubles players will be looking to end the season as the World No.1 doubles player(s) – Garcia/Mladenovic, Mattek-Sands and Mirza.

Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland returns a shot against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic during their singles White Group round robin match of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2016 held at the Indoor Stadium in Singapore, 28 October 2016. EPA/WALLACE WOON

EVERT AND NAVRATILOVA TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE

On Saturday at 1:30pm SGT at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, WTA Legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova will hold a press conference.

TENNIS TIDBITS:

Dubai Duty Free Full of Surprises: Kuznetsova’s Singapore Fan Club – click here

WTA Finals Singapore Doubles Partners Staring Contest – click here

Muguruza Ends Season with Victory Over Kuznetsova – click here

Hingis & Mirza Enjoy Reunion Victory, Ease Past Chan Sisters – click here

WTA Finals Singapore: Live Streaming

RESULTS – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2016

Singles

[5] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) d. [8] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 36 60 61

Click here to listen to Muguruza discuss her performance

[2] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) d. [4] Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 75 63

Click here to listen to Radwanska discuss her performance

Doubles

[2] Hingis/Mirza (SUI/IND) d. Chan/Chan (TPE/TPE) 76(10) 75

[4] Makarova/Vesnina (RUS/RUS) d. Hlavackova/Hradecka (CZE/CZE) 62 75

ORDER OF PLAY – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2016

Semifinals

Start 1:30pm

[1] Garcia/Mladenovic (FRA/FRA) vs. [3] Mattek-Sands/Safarova (USA/CZE)

NB 4:00pm

[8] Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) vs. [7] Dominika Cibulkova (SVK)

NB 7:30pm

[1] Angelique Kerber (GER) vs. [2] Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)

Followed by

[4] Makarova/Vesnina (RUS/RUS) vs. [2] Hingis/Mirza (SUI/IND)

A multiple exposure picture of Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia in action against Simona Halep of Romania during their singles round robin match of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2016 held at the Indoor Stadium in Singapore, 27 October 2016. EPA/WALLACE WOON

Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic returns a shot against Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland during their singles round robin match of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals 2016 held at the Indoor Stadium in Singapore, 28 October 2016. EPA/WALLACE WOON

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