Rampant radwanska progresses in poland

(MENAFN- Kora) The top seed needed one hour and 27 minutes to wrap up a straightforward 6-4 6-1 triumph over the swiss at wta international clay-court event on friday.

Radwanska set her stall out early by taking a 2-0 lead but she was quickly pegged back to 2-2.

Another break apiece took the score to 3-3 but from there the pole exerted her dominance and won eight of the next nine games to take a 6-4 5-0 lead and though she was broken when serving for the match was able to break meusburger for the win.

"the court was a bit different from that in the first two matches" radwanska said after sealing her last-four berth.

"it took some time before i got used to it but the most important thing is that i got through."

Awaiting the world number three is france's alize cornet as the fourth seed came through a back-and-forth encounter with fifth seed klara koukalova 6-2 0-6 6-2.

Elsewhere italy's camila giorgi needed less than an hour to see off the challenge of israeli shahar peer in a 6-1 6-4 triumph.

And she will meet third seed carla suarez navarro in the last four after the spaniard defeated?magdalena rybarikova 6-2 6-3 in friday's last quarter-final.?