CALIFORNIA: Resurgent Swiss Belinda Bencic toppled another top-10 player Thursday, downing fifth-ranked Karolina Pliskova to set up an Indian Wells WTA final against Angelique Kerber. Bencic, a former world number seven whose ranking slumped as injuries stalled her career, showed no sign of a let-down after her fourth-round victory over world number one and defending champion Naomi Osaka, out-lasted Czech Pliskova 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Germany’s Kerber defeated seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams 7-6 (7/3), 6-3. Kerber solves Venus puzzleReigning Wimbledon champion Kerber reached the Indian Wells semi-finals for the third time with her win over Williams in a battle of former world number ones. “I think everybody saw that Venus is really a player with a lot of experience,” Kerber said.

Source: Pakistan Today March 15, 2019 03:33 UTC