AFP, Los Angeles :
Australian Open champion Angelique Kerber cruised into the WTA claycourt semi-finals in Charleston on Friday with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Irina-Camelia Begu.
The top seed from Germany had lost two of her prior three meetings with Begu, but the Romanian looked tired after saving a match point in her third-round win over Monica Puig on Thursday.
“Sometimes you lose your rhythm against her (Begu) so that’s what I was focusing on — just trying to go for it, move good on clay and just win the match because I remember the last match against her, I lost.”
