The unseeded Romanian Simona Halep beat Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 7-5 on Friday night to reach the New Haven Open final.
The pair were a two a piece in the opening set before the 21-year-old Halep literally blew away the former world number one winning four consecutive games to win the opening set 6-2.
Halep appeared to be in complete control when she broke Wozniacki in the opening game of the second set but the Dane kept fighting. She broke back, and did it again afterdropping her serve to Halep in the set’s fifth game.
Halep kept the pressure on and broke again to take a 6-5 lead and then held serve to win the match.
The 21-year-old Romanian will be seeking her fourth title after winning three times on the WTA Tour since June.
And in the final She will face defending champion Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic, who beat countrywoman Klara Zakopalova 6-0, 6-1 for her eighth consecutive matchvictory in New Haven.
Kvitova, who had fought through three, three-set matches en route to her semifinal, dominated Zakopalova in a meeting that lasted only 50 minutes.
The Czech player won 53 of the 76 points in the match.
Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, has never won the same tournament in consecutive years, a performance like this in the final will surely be her first.
