Pliskova, Lepchenko set up Korea showdown


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 20 Sep 2014

Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova returns a shot against Germany's Sabine Lisicki in their Hong Kong Open women's singles final match September 14, 2014. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

SEOUL (Reuters) - Second seed Karolina Pliskova and American Varvara Lepchenko will battle it out for the Korea Open title after both players rallied to hard-fought victories in the semi-finals on Saturday.

Pliskova, ranked 32 in the world, came back from a set down to beat Russian wildcard Maria Kirilenko 4-6 7-6 (5) 6-3.

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