{"id":31661,"date":"2017-01-07T11:27:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T11:27:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31661"},"modified":"2017-01-07T11:27:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-07T11:27:52","slug":"riske-storms-into-second-consecutive-final-at-wta-shenzhen-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31661","title":{"rendered":"Riske storms into second consecutive final at WTA Shenzhen Open"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31660\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alison-Riske.jpg\" width=\"362\" height=\"346\" alt=\"Alison Riske\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alison-Riske.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alison-Riske-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alison-Riske-150x143.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/>Shenzhen (China): Eighth seed Alison Riske of the US set a meeting with Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Repubic in the final of the $750,000 <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/2948-wta-shenzhen-open-tennis-tournament\"><strong>WTA Shenzhen Open tennis tournament<\/strong><\/a> here.<\/p>\n<p>Riske dispatched Camila Giorgi of Italy 6-3, 6-3 in the semi-final on Friday to become the second player to reach the final at the tournament for two consecutive years, reports Xinhua news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The first to achieve that was former Chinese No.1 Li Na, who was crowned here in 2013 and 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Asked whether the final experience last year will help her this year, Riske said: &#8220;I really hope so, I&#8217;m really happy to go into another final here. I feel so comfortable here, everyone is so nice and welcome me. I&#8217;m just happy to be here for the final.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Obviously, I would love to win (the final), but I have to focus on myself, focus on my own game plan. Obviously I&#8217;m going to play a really strong competitor. She is playing really well so I&#8217;m just gonna do the best I can,&#8221; said the 26-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>The semi-final against Giorgi turned out to be an one-side match as Riske didn&#8217;t encounter much resistance to claim the victory in one hour and 14 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>The 39th-ranked American survived a rematch of last year final in the quarter-final on Thursday where she took a sweet revenge on top seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 3-6, 6-0.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31660\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alison-Riske.jpg\" width=\"362\" height=\"346\" alt=\"Alison Riske\" style=\"margin-bottom: 8px; margin-right: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alison-Riske.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alison-Riske-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Alison-Riske-150x143.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/>Shenzhen (China): Eighth seed Alison Riske of the US set a meeting with Katerina Siniakova of the Czech Repubic in the final of the $750,000 <a href=\"component\/tags\/tag\/2948-wta-shenzhen-open-tennis-tournament\"><strong>WTA Shenzhen Open tennis tournament<\/strong><\/a> here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[10591,466,20173,12894,20059],"class_list":["post-31661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-tennis-news","tag-alison-riske","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-katerina-siniakova","tag-tennis-news","tag-wta-shenzhen-open-tennis-tournament"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Riske storms into second consecutive final at WTA Shenzhen Open - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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