Muguruza to meet Halep in Cincinnati final

ByReuters

Updated 19/08/2017 at 21:41 GMT

Fourth seed Garbine Muguruza beat top seed Karolina Pliskova 6-3 6-2 in the semi-final of the Cincinnati Open in Ohio on Saturday.

Garbine Muguruza

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Wimbledon champion Muguruza proved much stronger on serve than the defending champion, advancing to Sunday's final in less than 80 minutes.

The Spaniard ended a run of six consecutive defeats against Czech Pliskova.

Muguruza will play either Romanian Simona Halep or American Sloane Stephens in the final.

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In the day's second match, Simona Halep qualified for the final with a victory over home favourite Sloane Stephens.

The Romanian, ranked number 2 in the world, won 6-2 6-1.

2-Simona Halep (Romania) beat Sloane Stephens (U.S.) 6-2 6-1

4-Garbine Muguruza Blanco (Spain) beat 1-Karolina Pliskova (Czech Republic) 6-3 6-2

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