SYDNEY: Agnieszka Radwanska humbled Dominika Cibulkova 6-0 6-0 in a ruthless display of all-court tennis to win her second Australian Open warm-up tournament in two weeks at the Sydney International yesterday.
The Pole, seeded fourth for Melbourne Park and a winner in Auckland last week, secured her ninth straight victory from the start of the year in a little over an hour of one-sided tennis when the hapless Cibulkova double faulted.
David Ferrer, the men’s fourth seed for Melbourne Park, earlier underlined his own Australian Open threat by thrashing Gael Monfils 6-1 6-2 to reach the final of the Auckland Open and remain on course for a fourth title at the tournament.
The Spaniard will face Philipp Kohlschreiber in today’s final after the German beat American Sam Querrey 6-4 7-6 in the earlier semi-final.
Juan Martin del Potro also expended little effort in reaching the final of the Kooyong Classic, easing past Marcos Baghdatis 6-4 6-1. REUTERS
