NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Second-seeded Petra Kvitova advanced to the New Haven Open final Friday night with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Italy’s Sara Errani.
The Czech star will play Russian Maria Kirilenko on Saturday. Kirilenko advanced earlier Friday when four-time defending champion Caroline Wozniacki retired from their match with a knee injury after losing the first set, 7-5.
Kvitova, the 2011 Wimbledon champion, needed just 24 minutes to win the first set. She then broke Errani in the first game of the second set and cruised from there, closing out the match with another service break.
Kvitova has already clinched the U.S. Open series championship, winning in Montreal and reaching the semifinals of Cincinnati before her New Haven run.
