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SuggestedLeadIn: Second-seeded Petra Kvitova beat third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki 7-5, 6-1 on Friday (28th August) to reach the Connecticut Open final for the fourth consecutive year.
Script: Second-seeded Petra Kvitova took on third-seeded Caroline Wozniacki for a place in the Connecticut Open final.
It was the Dane was started strongest - Wozniacki particularly sharp in building a 5-3 lead.
However, Kvitova stormed back to take the next three games and go up 6-5, eventually forcing a tie-breaker.
And in that tiebreaker, Wozniacki saved match point five times and the players went to deuce seven times before Kvitova prevailed. In the 12-game first set, the players went to deuce 19 times.
Wozniacki won just one game in the second set, however, tying it at 1 apiece, before Kvitova began to dominate.
And in the last three games, Wozniacki managed just one point, before Kvitova closed out the win 7-5, 6-1.
The defending champion will play fourth-seeded Lucie Safarova in an all-Czech Republic final on Sunday.
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Defending champion Kvitova sets up all-Czech final
Sunday, August 30 2015Category:Tennis