06 Aug 2011 06:57 PM PDTRadwanska, seemingly still bothered by a right shoulder injury, faces the winner of the late semifinal between top-seeded Vera Zvonareva of Russia and No.5 seed Ana Ivanovic of Serbia. Radwanska has reached her first final since she lost here last year to Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova.She will be seeking for her first title since 2008 and her fifth overall.
Petkovic, who took advantage of Radwanska's weak serving, looked to be in control after the first set.Radwanska has had a nerve issue in her right shoulder since last week at Stanford.The injury affects her most on her serve.
Radwanska broke Petkovic's serve in the first game of the second set and took complete control of the match.
Petkovic revealed she was sick to her stomach when she took the court, and that it got worse as the match wore on.Petkovic eventually sprinted off the court during the second set to go to the bathroom so she could vomit.
"Is it more embarra*sing running off the court like a maniac or throwing up on court and being on SportsCenter for the next 25 years?" Petkovic asked."Yeah, running off the court is better, so that's what I did."
Petkovic had advised tournament supervisor Melanie Tabb and chair umpire Kerrilyn Cramer ahead of time about the issue, so there was no point violation for leaving the court.
Radwanska made the most of the situation and raised her game while Petkovic dealt with her issue.
"I think I was more relaxed," Radwanska said about losing the first set."I just thought I have really nothing to lose.She's playing well, this is the semifinal.I was really starting to play much better, playing aggressive, pretty much no mistakes."
Petkovic, currently ranked 11th, is projected to reach the first top-10 ranking of her career.She also will become the first German in the top 10 since Anke Huber in October 2000.RENO, Nevada (AP) - Scott Piercy reeled off eight consecutive birdies to post a 28 on the front nine and eagled the 616-yard closing h*le to break the course record with an 11-under 61 on Saturday, taking a two-stroke lead after three rounds of the Reno-Tahoe Open.Elkington had a 68 Saturday to get to 10-under 206.He was tied for third with 2006 Reno champ Chris Riley, first-round leader Nick O'Hern, Pat Perez, John Merrick and Blake Adams.Two-time Reno winner Vaughn Taylor and 2007 champ Steve Flesch were at 9-under.Iain Streel and Shaaban Hussin could only manage two birdies on the fifth and 13th h*les while bogeying the seventh, ninth, 10th, 16th and 18th h*les."We played well but we also made a few mistakes.It was the same in the second round when we played the foursomes as well," he said.
"But we did our best and it was a good learning experience for me.This is my first time playing in this format and it's quite difficult to adapt to it.Overall, it was a good experience and I learned a lot from Iain (Steel)."Malaysia last qualified for the World Cup in 2001.The Kiwis finished finished joint first with Singapore with a four-round total of 271.New Zealand were declared the winners after Singapore conceded the the playoff.Singapore's Lam Chih Bing and Mardan Mamat, who had led for the first three rounds, finished off with a one-over 72, to make their fifth appearance in the World Cup."We came here aiming to finish in the top three ...and we did just that.It didn't matter whether we finished first, second or third ...just as long as we qualified for the World Cup," said Chih Bing.
"That's why we conceded the play-off.It didn't matter to us at this stage as we have met our target."
K and the days of summer
