Caroline Wozniacki sweeps aside Garbine Muguruza in Tokyo to reach final
ByPA Sport
Updated 23/09/2017 at 11:36 GMT
Caroline Wozniacki moved a step closer to retaining her Toray Pan Pacific Open title with a semi-final demolition of world number one Garbine Muguruza.
Caroline Wozniacki
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The Dane, who won the title in 2016 and also 2010, put the Spaniard to the sword with a ruthless 6-2 6-0 victory in Tokyo.
It earned her a seventh final of an excellent year, though the world number six has yet to get silverware in her hands.
If that is to change she will have to beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, who booked her third final of the year by ending Angelique Kerber's resurgence.
Kerber has had a dreadful year following a stellar 2016 but was looking good in Japan until her meeting with the Russian, who triumphed 6-0 6-7 (4/7) 6-4.
Shuai Zhang won her second WTA Tour title as she enjoyed home success in the Guangzhou Open.
Zhang, seeded second, had to battle hard to beat world number 65 Aleksandra Krunic, emerging a 6-2 3-6 6-2 victory.
Jelena Ostapenko is one win away from a first title since the French Open as she booked a spot in the final of the Korea Open.
The Latvian has been hit and miss since her maiden grand slam victory in June and needed three sets to get past Thailand's Luksika Kumkhum 3-6 6-1 6-1.
She will meet Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia, who got the better of Richel Hogenkamp 6-1 7-6 (9/7).
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