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Tennis-Stephens says unlikely quartet had point to prove in run to semi-finals

Tennis-Stephens says unlikely quartet had point to prove in run to semi-finals

By John O’Brien SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Sloane Stephens is happy to be part of an unlikely quartet to reach the last four of the WTA Finals after the American maintained her perfect record in round-robin play with a 6-3 6-3 victory over Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber on Friday. The American’s victory set up a semi-final showdown against Karolina Pliskova on Saturday, the fifth and seventh seeds taking to the Singapore Indoor Stadium court after sixth-ranked Elina Svitolina faces eighth-ranked Kiki Bertens. “Obviously the girls that were the bottom four — so...

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