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Kvitova, who also won the event in 2012, was looking to join
Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki as four-time winners of
the tournament but the sixth-seeded Czech was completely
overwhelmed by the Polish world number four.
The two-time Wimbledon champion committed 17 unforced errors in
the first set and never got into the match, which was completed
in 77 minutes.
The fast-starting Radwanska won the first five games of the
match and then reeled off the opening four of the second set to
stay in control throughout.
The Pole advances to face Ukrainian Elina Svitolina, who
overcame Johanna Larsson 6-4 6-2 to reach the final. Larsson
enjoyed an improbable run in the tournament after reaching the
main draw when other players withdrew, the Swede upsetting
Italy's Roberta Vinci in the quarter-finals before coming up
short against the 21-year-old Svitolina.
The 10th-seeded Svitolina shocked Serena Williams on her way to
a quarter-finals at the Rio Olympics and a victory in this
warm-up event for next week's U.S. Open would be her second of
the year after she triumphed in Malaysia in May.
(Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by John
O'Brien)
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