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SINGAPORE -- Top-ranked Angelique Kerber and seventh-seeded Dominika Cibulkova will compete for the WTA Finals title on Sunday.The top-seeded Kerber picked apart defending champion Agnieszka Radwanskas game in a textbook 6-2, 6-1 semifinal drubbing on Saturday.This is Kerbers fourth trip to the WTA Finals and the first time shes advanced beyond the round-robin stage of the competition.Its just amazing to be here, Kerber said. Its been an incredible 12 months. Ive been really working to being focused, to being calm and to being just positive on court and this is the biggest improvement Ive made.Slovakias Cibulkova rolled to the ground in celebration after taking her debut at the WTA Finals all the way to the championship match with a 1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-4 semifinal victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova.Im just so excited, said Cibulkova, after winning in 2 hours, 27 minutes. This is my first time here, playing finals now, and playing such a great match against Sveta.For me, its one of my dreams come true.Kerber leads Cibulkova 5-4 in career meetings, including Kerbers tough 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3 win in their round-robin meeting.Its a little bit weird to play against one opponent twice in one tournament, Kerber said. This never happened before for me. She has nothing to lose, so I think it will be a good match and final from both of us.But Kerber warned that I am playing a lot more aggressive now than in that first match.Kerber featured in three Grand Slam finals this year, winning her first two Grand Slam titles at the Australian and US Open.The semifinal was lopsided as Kerber, always on the offensive, kept Radwanska from finding any inroads into her game. While Kerber did surrender her serve on both break points she faced, it had little impact as she took advantage of seven of 13 break points offered by Radwanska.I just couldnt make the last shot, Radwanska said. All the games were going one way. Not my way, unfortunately.At the end of her match, Kuznetsova did not wait at the net for the traditional handshake as Cibulkova celebrated victory. Cibulkova then approached the already seated Kuznetsova, but the handshake offered by the Russian appeared lackluster.Cibulkova, who reached the 2014 Australian Open final, played down the exchange.I saw her on her bench so I went there to shake hands, Cibulkova said. Sometimes you can get upset after the match and thats normal. We are fine, but we are not like best friends on the tour. It wasnt like were going to hug each other, but it was OK.Cibulkova holds a 6-3 winning record over Kuznetsova, and has now won their last six matches. She is the second consecutive player to reach the year-end final having come out of the round-robin stage with a 1-2 result.Radwanska won the title from a 1-2 finish in the round-robin last year.Cibulkova was named the 2016 WTA Comeback Player of the Year, having improved from a No. 38 year-end ranking in 2015 to No. 8 this week. In 2015, she missed four months of the season after undergoing Achilles surgery.Cibulkova was almost non-existent in the first set and Kuznetsova didnt offer a break-point opportunity.The second set featured six service breaks, but it was Cibulkova who took the tiebreaker by repeated smart-shot placement against her opponent.Kuznetsova looked on the way to the finals with a 4-2 lead in the dramatic third set, but Cibulkova refused to fold.From 4-4, Cibulkova saved two break points on her serve in the ninth game, and then captured the first match point at 30-40 when Kuznetsovas forehand clipped the net and sailed wide.Whatever it is, Im not going to put any excuses, Kuznetsova said. I just did all I could, and I went short a little bit in the end.NFL Jerseys Outlet .J. Ellis hit two-run homers and the NL West champion Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 4-0 Saturday night. Cheap Authentic Jerseys . 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The 1.83-meter (6-foot) Leapai defeated the previously unbeaten Denis Boytsov in November to become the WBOs mandatory challenger.PHOENIX -- The Arizona Diamondbacks did some damage against Giants ace Madison Bumgarner, but couldnt protect a three-run lead and lost 7-6 in 12 innings Friday night.Pinch-hitter Kelby Tomlinsons one-out single in the 12th drove in Brandon Belt with the go-ahead run, and the Diamondbacks were unable to extend the game any further despite putting two runners on in the bottom of the inning.They are playing for their lives over there. They know it, Arizona manager Chip Hale said. I thought our guys matched it. It just didnt come out our way.Giants reliever Cory Gearrin got one out before being moved to left field for one batter so lefty Javier Lopez could face left-handed hitter Jake Lamb, who tied the score at 6 with a pinch-hit homer in the 10th.Gearrin was then put back on the mound by manager Bruce Bochy to finish the game for his third save. With two runners on, Gearrin struck out Welington Castillo looking for the second out on a 3-2 pitch, and Castillo was ejected for arguing.Its a ball. I cannot swing at that pitch. I just said it, Castillo said about his conversation with plate umpire Dale Scott. It would have been a different game if I had walked.Yasmany Tomas grounded out to end it.Joe Nathan (2-0) escaped an 11th-inning jam in a game that lasted 5 hours, 23 minutes.Dominic Leone (0-1) took the loss.Arizona used 26 players, including 12 pitchers -- both franchise records.Gearrin became the first Giants pitcher to play the field since 2007.San Francisco maintained its half-game lead over the Mets for the top NL wild card, with St. Louis just a half-game behind New York. The Giants also moved within four games of the first-place Dodgers in the NL West.Hunter Pence gave the Giants a 6-5 lead in the top of the 10th, scoring on Enrique Burgos wild pitch. Pence had four hits and made a key defensive play in right field.The Giants turned to Santiago Casilla to try to close it out, but Lamb extended the game with a solo homer in the bottom of the 10th.The Diamondbacks made it 5-all in the seventh when Giants center fielder Denard Span dropped Chris Owings long fly for a three-base error. Pinch-runner Socrates Brito scored on the play, but Owings was thrown out trying to score.That was after Angel Pagans solo home run gave the Giants a 5-4 lead.Pence took an extra-base hit away from Mitch Haniger in the bottom of the ninth with a sliding catch in the right-ffield corner.ddddddddddddBumgarner was briefly in line for his 100th career win, but ended up tossing six innings and allowing four runs on six hits with nine strikeouts and a walk in a no-decision.The Diamondbacks built a 4-1 lead against Bumgarner with two-run homers by Brandon Drury in the second inning and Kyle Jensen in the third, Jensens first major league home run.Jensen, called up from Triple-A Reno on Sept. 3, entered as an injury replacement for A.J. Pollock in the top of the second.Diamondbacks starter Rubby De La Rosa was on a pitch limit in his first start since late May. He was activated from the 60-day disabled list before the game after coming back from a right elbow injury and threw 43 pitches before leaving for a pinch hitter.De La Rosa struck out three in two innings but gave up a run in the second on an infield single, two walks and Eduardo Nunezs sacrifice fly.We capitalized when we had to. A lot of missed opportunities on both sides, Bumgarner said. We found a way to get it done and it was a big win for us.HOWLIN WITH THE DIAMONDBACKSThe Diamondbacks celebrated the upcoming season for the NHLs Arizona Coyotes, the teams 20th. Coyotes veterans Shane Doan and Mike Smith took batting practice with the Diamondbacks. Doan, who has been with the club since it moved to Arizona from Winnipeg, threw out the ceremonial first pitch. The Coyotes open training camp next week.Diamondbacks home runs brought the playing of the Coyotes goal song that is heard at Gila River Arena.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: Nunez was slow running up the line on a sixth-inning single, but after being checked by a trainer he stayed in the game.Diamondbacks: Pollock left in the bottom of the first after appearing to get injured running out a fly ball. Pollock only recently returned from his season-long rehabilitation of a broken elbow. Hale gave no update on Pollocks status. ... C Chris Herrmann broke his hand while sliding, Hale said. ... With De La Rosa activated, infielder Nick Ahmed (hip) was transferred to the 60-day disabled list.UP NEXTGiants: RHP Johnny Cueto (14-5) faces the Diamondbacks on Saturday for the fifth time this season. He is 2-2 in the previous four starts.Diamondbacks: RHP Archie Bradley (6-8) has two wins in his last three starts. ' ' '