<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\n\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;No. 8-seeded Caroline Wozniacki outlasted fourth-seeded Angelique Kerber 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 in a 2 1/2-hour semifinal that included 14 service breaks, seven of them in the final set, to reach the BNP Paribas Open final.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wozniacki, the 2011 Indian Wells champion, will play Maria Sharapova, a 6-4, 6-3 winner over No. 13 Maria Kirilenko, in Sunday's final.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sharapova (27) and Wozniacki (20) are third and fourth among active players for most titles won, trailing only Serena (47) and Venus Williams (44).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In the first women's semifinal, Wozniacki and Kerber resembled junior players at times as they exchanged countless moonballs. Kerber pulled a moonball wide to set up match point and then netted a forehand to end it, ending her three-match winning streak against Wozniacki.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I missed a lot of these balls, and, yeah, maybe next time it will be better,\" Kerber said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Wozniacki led 4-1 before her German opponent won four of the next five games to tie the third set at 5-all. Wozniacki held at love and Kerber won just one point on her serve in the final game.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I feel like I have been running and grinding and playing really well this week. I have reached a lot of balls and felt comfortable,\" the Danish former world No. 1 said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I really enjoy going to the net. I missed a few volleys today, but it's definitely something I have been working on and something I feel more and more comfortable with.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sharapova earned the only two service breaks of the second set, winning the match with a forehand down the line.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I made the first set more difficult than I had to,\" she said. \"I stepped it up in the second set.\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The 2006 Indian Wells champion hasn't lost a set in five matches so far. By reaching the final, she will move from No. 3 in the world to No. 2, overtaking Victoria Azarenka when the WTA Tour rankings come out Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"It's nice,\" she said. \"Better than No. 3, right?\"&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kirilenko is projected to rise to No. 13 - one spot from her career high of 12th - after losing the biggest semifinal of her career.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.si.com/tennis/2013/03/16/wozniacki-sharapova-bnp-paribas-open-final>