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 Bencic defeated Wozniacki 6-2 6-4, her fourth win in a row over the
former world number one, to reach her fourth WTA final since June.
If the 18-year-old wins, she will break into the world's top 10
rankings for the first time.
"It's amazing to be in the final," she said in her on-court
interview.
"Caroline's a great player. If you give free points or aren't
focused enough, she comes back and plays great shots and great
tennis.
"So I knew I had to be focused well from start to finish today. And
I was playing some very good games on my serve -- I tried to not let
her break me."
Wozniacki was the top seed for the event but had no answer for
Bencic, who won her first WTA title at Eastbourne in June then
followed up by winning the Canadian Open in August.
"I want to try to win the title now!" Bencic said.
"But I've reached a better result than I ever thought. So I really
want to enjoy the final."
Radwanska, chasing her first WTA title in more than a year, joined
Bencic in the final with a 6-4 6-1 win over Slovakia's Dominika
Cibulkova, who upset Ana Ivanovic to reach the semis but ran out of
steam.
Cilbulkova made a strong start, racing to a 4-2 lead, but Radwanska
then reeled off 10 of the next 11 games to clinch a straight sets
victory.
"I'm just so happy to be in the final here for the third time," said
Radwanska, who won the Pan Pacific Open in 2011 and was runner-up in
2012.
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"I think this is the only tournament I've been to the final of three
times, so it's a special place for me!"
Radwanska lost her only previous meeting with Bencic, in the
Eastbourne final, and was expecting another tough encounter with the
Swiss teenager.
"I'm ready, but she's definitely on fire," Radwanska said. "She's
had a great season, beating pretty much all the top players on the
way.
"We played one final on grass, so we'll see how it's going to be on
hardcourts, but for sure it's not going to be an easy match. I'll
try my best, of course.
"I'll just try to do revenge and we'll see how it goes tomorrow."
(Reporting by Julian Linden in Singapore; editing by Sudipto
Ganguly)
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