Poland's Radwanska loses WTA Indian Wells semi-final

Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska lost to Serena Williams 4-6, 6-7 (1-7) in the semi-final of the 2016 WTA Premier tennis tournament in Indian Wells, United States, on Friday.

Agnieszka Radwanska from Poland in action against Serena Williams from the USA during their semifinal match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, USA, 18 March 2016. 
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Fot. EPA/MIKE NELSON / Agnieszka Radwanska from Poland in action against Serena Williams from the USA during their semifinal match at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, California, USA, 18 March 2016. Fot. EPA/MIKE NELSON

No. 3 seed Radwanska lost to No. 1 Williams after a match that lasted one hour and 35 minutes.

Radwanska reached the semi-final in Indian Wells for the third time in her career. Despite losing to Williams on Friday, she returns to World Number 2 in the WTA Ranking after nearly four years.

Earlier the Polish tennis star beat Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova 6-3, 3-6, 7-5, Romania's Monica Niculescu 6-2, 6-1, Serbia's Jelena Jankovic 6-3, 6-3 and the Czech Republic’s Petra Kvitova 6-2, 7-6. (PAP)


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