Garbine Muguruza scored her fourth consecutive win against Agnieszka Radwanska to reach her second back-to-back final at the Premier Mandatory in Beijing. The Spanish player, who secured her berth for the WTA Finals in Singapore, came back from a set down to edge Radwanska with 4-6 6-3 6-4.
Muguruza led 3-2 in their previous head-to-head matches but Radwanska showed very good form in the recent weeks winning in Tokyo against Belinda Bencic.
Radwanska broke serve early in the opening set to open up a 2-0 lead. Muguruza won four consecutive games to take a 4-2 lead in the first set but Radwanska reeled off four consecutive games to clinch the first set with 6-4 after 41 minutes. Aga held her serve in the seventh game for 3-4. Muguruza went down 15-40 but she fought back to force the 8th game to deuce. Muguruza missed a point for 5-3 and made a double fault. Radwanska won the game on the fifth break point opportunity to draw level to 4-all. The Pole broke serve in the final game to take the first set with 6-4
Muguruza got a break to take a 3-1 lead and went up 0-40 on Radwanska’s serve but the Polish player saved the three break point chances to hold her serve. Radwanska broke serve on Muguruza’s next service game to draw level to 3-3. Muguruza broke in the seventh game and held serve in the next game to take a 5-3 lead. In the ninth game Radwanska missed four chances for 4-5 before saving the firs4 set point. Muguruza converted the second set point with a backhand return.
Muguruza built up a 6-3 5-1 lead in the third set. The decider went on serve until the fourth game when the Spanish player converted on her third break point chance. Muguruza got a double break to pull away to 5-1. Radwanska produced a late fight-back recovering one of the two breaks and saving a match point on her serve. Aga won the next three games from 1-5 to claw her way back to 4-5 but Muguruza won the final game to seal her fourth consecutive win against Radwanska after the Polish player missed a point for 5-all. Muguruza will move up to number 4th achieving her career best ranking. She will be bidding to win her biggest title tomorrow againstTimea Bacsinszky. Muguruza won an International level title in Hobart. She finished runner-up at Wimbledon and Wuhan.
“I know Aga is an amazing player, so I knew I had to be concentrated and focused all the time against her and try to be ready in the important moments, which was my goal, said Muguruza
