Number 4 seed Agnieszka Radwanska cruised past Carla Suarez Navarro 6-1 6-3 at the Rod Laver Arena to roll into the Australian Open semifinals for the second time in his career. The Pole has continued her unbeaten streak in 2016. She started 2016 with her first title of the year in Shenzhen.
Radwanska won three of their previous head-to-head matches but Suarez Navarro beat the Pole in their most recent match in Miami. Both players came into the quarter final after coming back from a set down to win hard-fought three-set matches in the fourth round.
Radwanska took control of the match breaking serve on Suarez Navarro’s first service game as the Spanish player made a double fault and hit a backhand long. Radwanska raced out to a 4-0 lead after Suarez Navarro made 11 unforced errors. The Polish star, winner at the 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore, broke serve three times and won 79 percent of her first serve points to cruise to 6-1 in the opening set.
Radwanska got an early break in the second set to open up a 2-0 lead. Suarez Navarro broke serve twice to draw level to 3-3. Radwanska got another break with a drive volley before fending off two break points to serve out the match 6-3. Suarez Navarro made 45 unforced errors to Radwanska’s 11.
Radwanska won 22 of her last 23 matches
Radwanska set up a blockbuster semifinal against Serena Williams who beat Maria Sharapova 6-4 6-1. Williams leads 8-0 in their previous head-to-head matches.
“That’s going to be an incredible match whoever wins. I am going to watch that for sure. I need to get a good rest and hopefully I will be able to play my best tennis otherwise I will be in big trouble for sure. In the second week of a Grand Slam you have nothing to lose, it doesn’t matter who you are playing”, said Radwanska.
