kiki burton's refused to roll over for sweets alina today the dutch woman came from a set behind to take the tie in to a decisive third but it was her opponent who prevailed. seven five six seven six for the final score in the longest match of the tournament so far and enough for to lena advances into the biggest final of her career. i waiting for her in sunday's decider two thousand and seventeen u.s. open champion sloane stephens she made a disastrous start to her semifinal against. the czech was aggressive and clinical and soon had the first set wrapped up six love. but to lock down in the second stevens finally won the game and was galvanized. she produced a stunning comeback taking the second and third set six four six one to book a place in the final on her first ever appearance at the tournament in singapore. that's union and us again at the top of the hour or you can check out our website as well follow us on twitter thank you for watching today on the news i'll see you at the top of the next hour. it was a human cataclysm. the first disaster of the twentieth century. one .

was among those in action succumbing to a surprise defeat at the hands of tournament debutants kiki burton's else already only osaka took on american slow stevens for a spot in the final four. keep it didn't look comfortable in her showdown with reigning u.s. open champion iommi osaka even before her opponent was stopped in her tracks. i am a niggling hamstring injury picks up in the first round looked to have finally taken its toll. heavily strapped up osaka valiantly tried to play on. but her body simply wouldn't allow it. her target handed benson's a spot in the semifinals in her first appearance at the season ending tolan's it was a great day all round for the rookies as fellow tournament debut taunt sloane stephens took on reigning wimbledon champion angelica. the first style american powered her way to victory in the first set and followed it up in the second sequential six three six three win over the germans to reach the semi's. button's will take on ukrainian elena spittal steven spaces check carolina pished of on saturday. well iraq have a fantastic weekend on behalf of all of us h

kiki burton's refused to roll over for sweets alina today the dutch woman came from a second behind to take the toy into a decisive third but it was her opponent who prevailed. seven five six seven six for the final score in the longest match of the tournament so far and enos for to lena advances into the biggest final of her career. waiting for her in sunday's decider american sloane stephens. she made a disastrous start to her semifinal against carolina placed over the check was aggressive and clinical and soon had the first set wrapped up six love. but to love down in the second stevens finally won the game and was galvanised i she produced a stunning comeback taking the second and third set six four and six one to book a place in the final on her first ever appearance at the tournament in singapore. well those plenty of action in the industry go this afternoon including a win for buying munich which sees them climb up to second place in the table elsewhere league leaders boasted auckland drew with berlin does not often see them there they lost at home to valse back while one in han

w.t. a files and in tears after she was forced to retire with an injury and her match against kiki burton's anding the woman a surprise semifinal spot asako was a set down when she conceded the match at burton's will not play and that's voted you know in the semifinals on saturday. and i'm feeling really good on the court like i had so many great wins this year so of course that helps a lot for my confidence and like i have to fit in there i can beat anyone of course also i know that i can lose but still it's like i just give everything every day and then we see how it. well lost is a u.s. open champion sloane stephens who's also making her debut at the finals is into the last four as well the american beat reigning wimbledon champion actually in straight sets six three six three to go undefeated in the red group stevens will play. in the semi finals. defending champion carl i wish me accu is eliminated from the tournament on thursday after a loss to spit only enough for world number one revealed she's been suffering with their own the toy just rightists for the past few months the auto imm

also isn't real luck off the fifty's sloane stephens it beats kiki burton's in three sets making it two ends in two games the victory means all four players in the red group can still call foul be eliminated that going into the final games stevens takes on the top seeds kerber on friday while birches. i knew was going to be a battle she's obviously had a great season she's had a great hard court season as well so it was going to be really tough but looking forward to it obviously being able to be here playing its best players in the world is something not a lot of people get to experience so it is fun to be out here and it's fun to win and be playing so competitive with all these reporters for the denver nuggets have continued their strong start to the new n.b.a. season they have won all four of their opening games for the first time in nine years an offensive rebound from trey lyles signaling there would be no way back up for the sacramento kings almost too easy for the nuggets jamal murray getting nineteen points and one hundred twenty six to one hundred twelve when. there were fifty

drawn in the same group as wimbledon champion actually kerber and compassionate sloane stephens kiki burton's was also drawn in that group and only reached the season ending tournaments after world number one small pulled out with a back injury yeah it was a really tough moment i would say losing momentum must go really disappointed that i was not making singapore and then the day after laura called me like when we were going to. pull it out so yeah for bugs i'm really happy that i could finish my great season here in singapore. over in moscow qualifier became the first ever to miss ian to reach the final of a double team event she beat fifth seed anastase at seven in straight sets in the semifinals of the kremlin cop the twenty four year old will face daria sakina in the finals. le bron james scored twenty six points on his debut for the l.a. lakers couldn't inspire his team to a win. show braun is playing for a western conference franchise for the first time in his career after his move from the cleveland cavaliers he's aiming for a ninth straight parents in the n.b.a. finals despite his be

match and focusing on every single point of south korea luck after fifty sloane stephens beat kiki burton's in three sets making it two wins in two games the victory means all four players in the red group can still cause we live in a tip that going into the final games stevens takes on the top seeds on friday while birches plays also. i knew was going to be a battle she's obviously had a great season she's had a great hard court season as well so it was going to be really tough but looking forward to it obviously being able to be here playing its best players in the world is something not a lot of people get to experience so it is fun to be out here and it's fun to win and be playing so competitive with all these reporters for the denver nuggets have continued their strong start to the new n.b.a. season they have won all four of their opening games for the first time in nine years an offensive rebound from trey lyles signaling there would be no way back up for the sacramento kings almost too easy for the nuggets jamal murray getting nineteen points and one hundred twenty six to one hundred

stephens's won two out of two so far the final sat spurts helping her to her latest victory over kiki burton's whichever woman triumphs in friday's match is guaranteed a place in the semifinals the losers fate is a lot more uncertain. there's issues with. now and i hiking another attack on a major airline that's right hackers have gained access to personal data of nine point four million passengers off on calls cathay pacific airways the carrier says there is no indication of any data having been used for criminal purposes but has yet to explain why it has only just reported the incidents seven months after the attack. but checking with potential. the serious consequences the un authorized access to cut a pacific was uncovered during routine checks on its internal i.t. system the hong kong authorities were informed of the incident on wednesday. the data exposed includes passenger names physical addresses and passport numbers cathay is now the third major airline this year to reveal it suffered a large scale data breach. last year alone cyber attacks cost companies an estimated four hundred fif

isn't real lucky after fifth seed sloane stephens beat kiki burton's in three sets making it two ends in two games the victory means all four players in the red group can still cause five or be eliminated going into the final games. and it was going to be a battle she's obviously had a great season she's had a great hard cortizone as well so it was going to be really tough but looking forward to it obviously being able to be here playing its best players in the world is something not a lot of people get to experience so it is fun to be out here and it's fun to when replying so competitive with all these very players where the boston red sox have taken an early advantage in major league baseball's world series they powered past the los angeles dodgers eight four in game one of the contests on tuesday helen gleason has more. the dodgers and the red sox two of major league baseball's most famous teams got the twenty eighth the road series under way on a cold and windy night. that boston spend way park twenty seven thousand runners up the judges are betting so when the full classic the fi

finals last four on thursday and just a short time ago the kiki burton's of the netherlands join them there she went through after u.s. open champion naomi osaka was forced to retire from their group match with an entry so just one group match remaining reigning wimbledon champion angelica kerber and last year's u.s. open champion sloane stephens will take to the court shortly to battle it out for the last semifinal berth. now defending champion caroline wozniacki was eliminated from the tournaments on thursday and after her loss to spitz alina the former world number one revealed she's been suffering with rheumatoid arthritis for the past few months the auto immune disease causes swelling and sickness of the joints but was an iraqi is confident that the condition will not impact her career. well it's all about just trying to figure out what works for you. you know obviously it's not ideal but you know it's something that you can manage and something you can work with and you know i'm proud of myself for the season and i'm very happy. to be here and have done everything. to football n