<p class="title"> Japan's Naomi Osaka crushed Italian Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-3 in Tokyo on Saturday to set up a Pan Pacific Open final against Czech Karolina Pliskova.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Third seed Osaka needed just 71 minutes to complete her 10th straight win after capturing a historic US Open title earlier this month.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Former world number one Pliskova beat Croatia's Donna Vekic 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 but took well over two hours to get the job done.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Osaka, however, made quick work of a dangerous opponent who had knocked out top seed and defending champion Caroline Wozniacki, breaking twice in a one-sided first set which she took with a blistering forehand down the line.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 20-year-old, who has climbed to seventh in the world rankings since her stunning victory over Serena Williams in New York, piled on the pressure in the second.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A brutal Osaka forehand forced a break in the fifth game, before a vicious backhand return forced Giorgi to whiff a shot beyond the baseline on match point.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was pretty nervous because I really wanted to get to the final," said 2016 runner-up Osaka, who fired down nine aces in a dominant display.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"She was playing really well and I felt like I was just trying to survive. But I served really well and that got me out of a lot of trouble today."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fourth seed Pliskova took just 12 minutes to secure a 4-0 lead before closing out the first set with one of her 11 aces.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vekic hit back to take the second as Pliskova's serve imploded -- the world number eight blotting her copybook with seven double-faults, many of them coming on key points.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But Pliskova snaffled an early break in the decider and hung on to reach her first Tokyo final, a forehand rocket ending her opponent's spirited resistance.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Wawrinka in semis</p>.<p>Stan Wawrinka beat last year's St Petersburg champion Damir Dzumhur in straight sets to reach the semifinals on Friday in Saint Petersburg.</p>.<p>The 33-year-old Swiss wild card beat the Bosnian, who was seeded sixth, 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 11 minutes to level their head-to-head record at one all.</p>.<p>"The level of my play was good today and the win makes me feel positive," Wawrinka said.</p>.<p>In the last four, Wawrinka will face Slovak Martin Klizan, the 2012 champion, who battled back from a set down to beat seventh-seeded Denis Shapovalov of Canada 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.</p>.<p>French Open runner-up Dominic Thiem, the top seed in St Petersburg, also booked a place in the event's semis beating the local crowd's favourite Daniil Medvedev, seeded eighth here, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7/2) in a hard-fought first meeting between the two.</p>.<p>Thiem will take on fifth-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, who saw off Italian third seed Marco Cecchinato 7-6 (7/0), 6-3, also in the pair's first ever meeting.</p>
<p class="title"> Japan's Naomi Osaka crushed Italian Camila Giorgi 6-2, 6-3 in Tokyo on Saturday to set up a Pan Pacific Open final against Czech Karolina Pliskova.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Third seed Osaka needed just 71 minutes to complete her 10th straight win after capturing a historic US Open title earlier this month.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Former world number one Pliskova beat Croatia's Donna Vekic 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 but took well over two hours to get the job done.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Osaka, however, made quick work of a dangerous opponent who had knocked out top seed and defending champion Caroline Wozniacki, breaking twice in a one-sided first set which she took with a blistering forehand down the line.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 20-year-old, who has climbed to seventh in the world rankings since her stunning victory over Serena Williams in New York, piled on the pressure in the second.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A brutal Osaka forehand forced a break in the fifth game, before a vicious backhand return forced Giorgi to whiff a shot beyond the baseline on match point.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I was pretty nervous because I really wanted to get to the final," said 2016 runner-up Osaka, who fired down nine aces in a dominant display.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"She was playing really well and I felt like I was just trying to survive. But I served really well and that got me out of a lot of trouble today."</p>.<p class="bodytext">Fourth seed Pliskova took just 12 minutes to secure a 4-0 lead before closing out the first set with one of her 11 aces.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Vekic hit back to take the second as Pliskova's serve imploded -- the world number eight blotting her copybook with seven double-faults, many of them coming on key points.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But Pliskova snaffled an early break in the decider and hung on to reach her first Tokyo final, a forehand rocket ending her opponent's spirited resistance.</p>.<p class="CrossHead">Wawrinka in semis</p>.<p>Stan Wawrinka beat last year's St Petersburg champion Damir Dzumhur in straight sets to reach the semifinals on Friday in Saint Petersburg.</p>.<p>The 33-year-old Swiss wild card beat the Bosnian, who was seeded sixth, 6-3, 6-4 in one hour and 11 minutes to level their head-to-head record at one all.</p>.<p>"The level of my play was good today and the win makes me feel positive," Wawrinka said.</p>.<p>In the last four, Wawrinka will face Slovak Martin Klizan, the 2012 champion, who battled back from a set down to beat seventh-seeded Denis Shapovalov of Canada 3-6, 7-5, 6-3.</p>.<p>French Open runner-up Dominic Thiem, the top seed in St Petersburg, also booked a place in the event's semis beating the local crowd's favourite Daniil Medvedev, seeded eighth here, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (7/2) in a hard-fought first meeting between the two.</p>.<p>Thiem will take on fifth-seeded Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut, who saw off Italian third seed Marco Cecchinato 7-6 (7/0), 6-3, also in the pair's first ever meeting.</p>