EASTBOURNE, England -- Angelique Kerber of Germany reached her second Aegon International final with a 3-6, 7-6 (3), 6-3 victory over 2009 champion Caroline Wozniacki on Friday. She will play Madison Keys for her fourth career title, after the American teenager defeated Britains Heather Watson 6-3, 6-1. Kerber, who finished as runner-up to Tamira Paszek in 2012, challenged her Danish opponent throughout the 2-hour, 39-minute semifinal of fiercely contested baseline rallies. "We had such tough battles in the past and today," Kerber said. "You know actually before you walk on court it will be a tough one. "You will run a lot, so, you know, you just prepare your mind to be there for every single point, and just try to play your best tennis against her." Wozniacki, at first, held the upper hand by being the more aggressive player as she frequently came to the net, but after holding off three break points as she served out the opening set her challenge began to lose its intensity. Kerber held a set point at 5-4 before winning the last six points of the tiebreaker to claim the second set, and in the third she finished strongly by sweeping five of the last six games. "I probably should have closed it in two sets, being up a break and then being up in the tiebreaker," Wozniacki said. "But, you know, it happens. Im looking forward to Wimbledon now." She was also in a good frame of mind after her engagement to golfer Rory McIlroy was ended. "Life throws you things that you didnt expect, but you just have to embrace it and move forward," she said. "It makes you stronger. Im in a good place right now." Keys, the youngest player in the top 50 at 19, will be contesting her first WTA final after previously being stopped in the semis three times. She fought off three break points before taking the opening set with a single break, and a further break for 2-1 set her firmly on the way to victory. Jacob Evans Warriors Jersey . It was a loss. 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The 214-club organization then found space for only 48 domestic league and cup fixtures before a suggested April 18 player-release cutoff for the World Cup.Teams in the English, Spanish, French and Italian top-flight competitions play 38 league games, leaving only 10 slots to fulfil domestic cup obligations. For English Premier League teams, there are up to seven games in the League Cup and up to six rounds of the FA Cup.So international players could have to return to their clubs immediately after a grueling World Cup campaign for further competitive matches before a summer break.In countries with a significant amount of domestic fixtures, the domestic cup could be played following the World Cup in a compact cup-only period in June, the ECA proposal outlines ahead of Mondays FIFA Qatar 2022 Task Force meeting.The ECA proposes condensing the Champions League format to play the round of 16 over two weeks rather than a month, and removing the international double-headers in March. But that could leave up to five months between international competition and the World Cup for nations whhich qualify.dddddddddddd.That proposal also would leave only 10 days between clubs being obliged to release players on April 18 and the World Cup kicking off for teams to squeeze in rest, training and a warm-up game. Before this years tournament in Brazil, some teams played three friendlies in the final weeks of preparation.Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup hosting rights in a 2010 vote on the basis of a traditional June-July tournament in air-cooled stadiums. But Blatter has said it is not rational to play in Qatar in the summer when temperatures rise above 40 Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit).Looking at a decade of statistics, the ECA said the hottest temperature in Qatar in April and May is 33.8 C (93 F). That would be less extreme, according to the ECA, than the heat at Mexico in 1986, the United States in 1994 and Brazil this year.Although Blatter has said a November 2022 kickoff will work, ECA Chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge maintains his April-May proposal is the best option.It takes into account the climate issue while preserving the traditional running of a club football season, Rummenigge said. The impact on national team fixtures and UEFA Club Competitions remains limited and the proposal has no impact at all on the (likely February 2022) Winter Olympics or the confederations tournaments in 2023.This proposal needs to be seriously considered by all stakeholders: it is an achievable solution.But Europe is divided over the Qatar dates. The European Professional Football Leagues said last week that the event should not move from June-July, warning of damage to domestic competitions from a scheduling shift.___Rob Harris can be followed at www.twitter.com/RobHarris ' ' '