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Danish sixth Caroline Wozniacki, riding high after ousting world number one Karolina Pliskova, beat American Sloane Stephens 6-2 6-3 in the Rogers Cup semi-finals in Toronto on Saturday.
Updated : Aug 13, 2017, 05:11 AM IST
Danish sixth Caroline Wozniacki, riding high after ousting world number one Karolina Pliskova, beat American Sloane Stephens 6-2 6-3 in the Rogers Cup semi-finals in Toronto on Saturday.
Former champion Wozniacki, who had a trio of rain delays in her quarter-final clash with Czech Pliskova, carried momentum from that win into her match with Stephens, who was playing in only her third event after missing 11 months with a foot injury.
Wozniacki, who won the Rogers Cup in 2010, had an aggressive gameplan from the start as she raced out to a 5-1 lead and then overcame a brief wobble before wrapping up the first set.
The former world number jumped into a 3-1 lead in the second set before allowing Stephens to rally back. But the 27-year-old Dane found her footing and served out the match after a brief rain delay at 5-3 to clinch victory in 80 minutes.
Wozniacki will play Romania's defending champion Simona Halep or Ukrainian fifth seed Elina Svitolina in Sunday's final.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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