Halep, Rybakina reach Dubai title match

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[February 22, 2020]    Top-seeded Simona Halep rolled past Jennifer Brady 6-2, 6-0 on Friday to reach the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

Dubai Tennis Championships - Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - February 21, 2020 Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina in action during her semi final match against Croatia's Petra Martic REUTERS/Christopher Pike

Halep had 16 winners against just eight unforced errors while knocking off Brady in 62 minutes. The Romanian will face red-hot Elena Rybakina in the title match after the Kazakhstani beat Croatia's Petra Martic 7-6 (5), 7-6 (2) in the other semifinal.

Halep was hardly tested by Brady, who had 14 unforced errors and just seven winners.

The 20-year-old Rybakina will be playing in her fourth final of the young season. She has won 19 singles matches.

Rybakina had 32 winners and 23 unforced errors against the eighth-seeded Martic. Rybakina saved set point late in the second set and then sailed through the tiebreaker to close out the win in two hours, 12 minutes.

--Field Level Media

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