In Tennis, Czech Karolina Pliskova has cruised into the semi-finals of the Indian Wells Open in California with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Russian Darya Kasatkina. Pliskova blasted 30 winners and powered down nine aces to end Kasatkina's fairytale run. Kasatkina was unable to replicate the form she produced in ousting 12th seeded Timea Bacsinszky in straight sets in the previous round as she was overpowered by the world number 19.Top seed Serena Williams will take on third seeded Pole Agnieska Radwanska in the semi-finals today.