Japan's Naomi Osaka kept her fine run at the BNP Paribas Open alive on Wednesday, beating fifth seed Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in straight sets in the singles quarterfinals.The 20-year-old Japanese, plowed through the 6-2, 6-3 upset in 1 hour, 18 minutes to earn a meeting with top seed and world No. 1 Simona Halep of Romania in the semifinals, Osaka's first in a Premier Mandatory event.In what was expected to be a slugfest at Indian Wells Tennis Garden, the 44th-ranked Osaka piled pressure on Pliskova, causing trouble from the baseline and forcing her opponent into uncharacter…READ FULL ARTICLE