Defending champion Kerber to meet Siegemund in Porsche Grand Prix final
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STUTTGART, Germany - Defending champion Angelique Kerber reached her second successive Porsche Grand Prix final with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 defeat of Petra Kvitova.
Kerber, the No. 2 seed, saved 10 of the 13 break points she faced Saturday and converted five of her 10 opportunities to beat the fifth-seeded Czech in 2 hours and 4 minutes on her first match point.
The top-seed, Agnieszka Radwanska, was upset by qualifier Laura Siegemund in the other semifinal at the indoor clay-court tournament later Saturday 6-4, 6-2.
Siegemund will be playing in her first ever final, making it an all-German final in her hometown on Sunday.
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