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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.Vapormax Plus Cz . According to a report from the Winnipeg Free Press, the Bombers will name Acting GM Kyle Walters to the post full time. Vapormax Flyknit Dámské . 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Nike Vapormax Cz .Y. -- Canadas Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse have another World Cup gold medal after winning the two-women bobsled race on Saturday in Lake Placid, N.Al Jefferson and the Indiana Pacers have reached a verbal agreement on a three-year, $30 million deal, league sources told ESPNs Marc Stein.Sources told ESPN that Jefferson is poised to sign a contract with no options on July 7, when a league-wide moratorium on signings and trades is lifted.Jefferson spent the past three seasons in Charlotte but joins Brooklyn-bound?Jeremy Lin in leaving the Hornets on the first day of free agency.With a number of free agents on its roster, Charlotte has focused on re-signing Nicolas Batum ?-- which it quickly achieved Friday -- and retaining Marvin Williams.Team president Larry Bird has been trying to mold the Pacers into a faster, sleeker unit under new coach Nate McMillan.Bird also knows the value of having a reliable offensive threat in the post to get buckets when the game inevitably slows down, and thats where Jefferson comes in. In a league that has steadily gotten smaller and more versatile, the 31-year-old Jefferson is a throwback to the crafty, dominant post players of Birds era. And Big Al has Celtics green all over his game.Jefferson started his career with Birds old team before being traded to Minnesota, where he was tutored by Birds fformer teammate and Celtics Hall of Famer Kevin McHale, one of the best post players to ever play.dddddddddddd Jefferson has exhibited some of the same trickery and creativity on the block that McHale made famous for those title-winning Celtics teams, and his unique skill set has helped keep him in demand as he has weathered some significant injuries.Jefferson missed the first 11 games of the 2015-16 season -- five games for a suspension for violating the leagues drug policy and six for a strained groin muscle. He played in two games before knee surgery sidelined him for 23 more.A veteran of 12 NBA seasons, Jefferson averaged 12 points and 6.4 rebounds over 23.3 minutes per game while appearing in 47 contests (18 starts) for the Hornets last season. He earned $13.5 million in the final year of a contract he signed before the 2013 season.He averaged 13.3 points and 6.1 rebounds in 24 minutes per game in Charlottes first-round playoff loss to the Miami Heat.Information from ESPN staff writer Chris Forsberg and The Associated Press was used in this report. ' ' '