Caroline Garcia, Ana Bogdan to lock horns in final at Poland Open

Caroline Garcia, Ana Bogdan to lock horns in final at Poland Open

Caroline Garcia and Ana Bogdan beat the rain and their opponents -- Jasmine Paolini and Kateryna Baindl
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WARSAW: Caroline Garcia and Ana Bogdan beat the rain and their opponents -- Jasmine Paolini and Kateryna Baindl, earning straight-sets semifinal wins to set up a clash for the title at the Poland Open, here on Saturday.

No 5 seed Garcia of France breezed past No10 seed Jasmine Paolini of Italy 6-1, 6-2 to reach her 12th career singles final. Garcia took just 65 minutes to improve to 3-0 against Paolini.

Garcia backed up her stunning upset of World No 1 Iga Swiatek from the previous round, as she continues her run of stellar form this summer. She has now won 17 of her last 20 matches, which includes a run to the Bad Homburg title and a Round of 16 showing at Wimbledon.

Bogdan of Romania has already posted her career-best result this week, making her first Hologic WTA Tour singles final. Bogdan defeated lucky loser Kateryna Baindl of Ukraine 7-5, 7-5 in Saturday's first semifinal to achieve that feat.

World No 108 Bogdan was pushed past two hours for the first time this week by Baindl, but the Romanian still has not lost a set in the tournament. Bogdan won exactly two-thirds of points off of the Baindl second service to win a tour-level semifinal for the first time in her fifth attempt. IANS

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