Wimbledon 2012 Women's Semifinals Live: Radwanska vs Kerber
>> Thursday, July 5, 2012
A new finalist will be welcomed into the Wimbledon 2012 singles championship match on Saturday as first time Wimbledon semifinalists, world no. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland and no. 8 Angelique Kerber of Germany battle each other in the first of two women's singles semifinals slated today, Thursday afternoon 1pm, at Wimbledon's Centre Court. On Tuesday, Radwanska finally dropped her unwanted tag of being the "only player in the Top 15 without a Grand Slam semifinal" when she scored a tough 75 46 75 victory over Maria Kirilenko. By doing so, Radwanska also put herself in position of attaining the world no. 1 ranking for the first time ever if she wins Wimbledon and current world no. 2 Victoria Azarenka fails to make the finals. Watch the Wimbledon 2012 women's semifinals live online streaming featuring Radwanska vs Kerber here.
Radwanska had been 0-5 in Grand Slam quarterfinals coming in, a three-time quarterfinalist in Australia and a two-time quarterfinalist in Wimbledon. In Kerber, she will be going against the most improved player in the past 12 months. As recently as last August, Kerber was out of the Top 100 - now, not even a year later, she is the World No.8 with two Grand Slam semifinals (she was also a semifinalist at the US Open last year). She also has more match wins than anyone on the WTA - 45 (Azarenka and Radwanska are next with 43). Kerber won a drama-filled all-German quarterfinal last Tuesday against No.15 seed Sabine Lisicki, 63 67(7) 75. Kerber originally led 63 30 and held three match points later in the second set, which Lisicki saved with winners - Lisicki would eventually go up 5-3 in the third set before Kerber put forth her own comeback.
Kerber is aiming to become the first from Germany to reach a Wimbledon singles final since Steffi Graf in 1999. She lost in Wimbledon's first round last year and stood at 100 in the rankings, so her progress to eighth seed has to stand as phenomenal progress especially as she won her first two WTA titles this year at the Paris indoors and in Copenhagen. Radwanska has also made such huge strides this year, rising from eighth to third in the world. The opportunity to reach the top ranking for the first time in her career is also a great incentive for her. Whoever wins their semifinal will be in their first Grand Slam final, and it's sure to bring out the best in both players. Radwanska and Kerber have met four times before and split their four encounters. This is their first meeting with both of them being in the top 10.
RADWANSKA vs KERBER - tied at 2-2
2008 BERLIN CLAY R64 A.Radwanska 6-0 5-3
2010 BEIJING HARD R64 A. Kerber 5-7 7-6(3) 7-5
2011 US OPEN HARD R64 A. Kerber 6-3 4-6 6-3
2011 TOKYO - PAN PACIFIC HARD R32 A.Radwanska 3-6 6-3 6-3
Watch Wimbledon 2012 women's semifinals live online via video streaming featuring Radwanska vs Kerber.
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