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Wozniacki snaps Stephens' run, Svitolina routs Halep

Toronto: Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki rolled into the final of the WTA Toronto tennis by cooling off the red-hot Sloane Stephens, while Elina Svitolina needed two wins to punch her ticket to the title match. Wozniacki, the 2010 champion, required 80 minutes to eliminate a resurgent Stephens 6-2, 6-3 and reach her sixth final of 2017 Fifth seeded Svitolina quashed defending champ Simona Halep's quest for back-to-back titles with a 6-1, 6-1 demolition. The win came just hours after she ousted reigning Wimbledon champion Garbine Muguruza 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 in a quarter-final that was postponed from Friday due to rain Stephens, who is ranked 934 in the world, was playing in just her third tournament after missing 11 months while recovering from foot surgery.
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