We have the 4 players that are going to play for the title in Istanbul… or better… we have the 3 players that are going to challenge Serena Williams for the title in Istanbul!
Na Li
The Chinese is having a wonderful tournament to have won all her matches in the round robin . The last one was in style as she has conceded only 3 games to an unfit (back injury) Azarenka . That was a nasty 6-2 6-1 achieved in 77 minutes with Na Li scoring almost double the points of Vika (59 vs. 29). Match Stats.
The Chinese will face Petra Kvitova in the semifinal. Head to head is 3-3, 2-1 for Petra on hard courts.
Jankovic
Jelena had a strange tournament so far as she has qualified to the semifinal even if she has lost 2 matches (same as Azarenka and Errani). The Serb lost to the Italian 6-4 6-4, but that was enough to qualify for a better win loss set ratio vs. Azarenka and Errani.
Jelena will play Serena Williams in the semifinal. Head to head is 7-4 for Serena that has won the last 3 matches.
Kvitova
Petra had a good round robin to lose only to Serena. In the last match Petra did overcome Angelique Kerber 6-7 (3) 6-2 6-3 in what was the decisive match for the semifinal as Agnieszka Radwanska has surprisingly lost all 3 matches.
The semifinals
Serena – Jankovic
Kvitova – Na Li
The favourite? Serena! Who else?
