The Slovakian will face her close friend Petra Kvitova in the final
Magdalena Rybarikova
New Haven (USA): Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova reached the finals of the Connecticut Open for the third straight year, beating Samantha Stosur 6-3, 6-1 on Friday. She will face a close friend, Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia, for the title. The 68th-ranked Rybarikova beat Camila Giorgi of Italy 6-2, 6-4 in the first semifinal. Kvitova, ranked No.4, bombarded Stosur with 11 aces, nine in the first set, improving to 5-0 against her opponent in hard-court.
Kvitova broke Stosur’s serve to take an early 3-1 lead, one of her four service breaks in the match. She did not get much of a challenge on her own serve, facing just four break points. Rybarikova may be in the best form of her career. The 25-year-old broke Giorgi in the first game and breezed through the first set in 34 minutes.The Italian could not solve Rybarikova’s serve, failing to convert on 11 break points. The hard-serving Giorgi, ranked 38th, also double-faulted seven times with just two aces.
( Source : AP )
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