Kvitova reaches Wuhan final
Czech 14th seed Petra Kvitova kept up her superb form by thrashing
fourth seed Simona Halep to reach the final at the Wuhan Open in China.
Kvitova followed up wins over world number one Angelique Kerber and
Britain's Johanna Konta with a 6-1 6-2 demolition of Romania's Halep.
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Kvitova won the title two years ago and has an 11-1 record
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The two-time Wimbledon champion needed just 67 minutes to win the
semi-final.
Kvitova goes on to face Slovakian 10th seed Dominika Cibulkova, who
beat Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6 6-3 6-4.
Cibulkova, who missed four months of the season in 2015 after having
surgery on her left foot, is now close to qualifying for the
eight-player WTA Finals in Singapore for the first time.
"I'm a good player," said the 27-year-old. "I can beat top players.
But I was missing consistency in my game. This is the first year that
I'm really consistent playing the whole year."
Kvitova, 26, hit 34 winners in a dominant display against Halep,
overpowering the Romanian to reach her first final of 2015.
"It's amazing," said the two-time Wimbledon champion.
"I came to this tournament and really didn't expect this kind of
performance. Physically I'm still so-so - I'm really happy that I'm not
falling apart.
"But I played a really great match today in spite of everything,
which really put the pressure on her."
- BBC
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