Kvitova, Rybarikova win one-sided semis

<a href="http://cache.images.core.optasports.com/news/tennis/2014/8/23/608893header.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://cache.images.core.optasports.com/news/tennis/2014/8/23/608893header.jpg" /></a>Petra Kvitova and Magdalena Rybarikova will meet in the Connecticut Open final, after winning one-sided semi-finals on Friday.<br /> <br /> Czech second seed Kvitova enjoyed a surprisingly comfortable win over Australian wildcard Sam Stosur, the world number four cruising to a 6-3 6-1 win in one hour 13 minutes in New Haven.<br /> <br /> The left-handed Kvitova put on a serving clinic, clocking 11 aces in just eight service games as she won her way through to her 17th WTA Tour final.<br /> <br /> The two-time Wimbledon champion broke in the fourth game of the first set and, despite blowing four set points on Stosur's serve in the eighth game, Kvitova held to love to seal the opener.<br /> <br /> And Stosur, ranked 25th, fell apart thereafter as she was broken in the first and third games of the second set as Kvitova coasted to a 4-0 lead.<br /> <br /> A third break of Stosur's serve sealed Kvitova's place in the final of the WTA Premier event, where she will meet Slovakia's Rybarikova.<br /> <br /> Rybarikova, the world number 68, eased past Italy's Camila Giorgi 6-2 6-4 in one hour 23 minutes.<br /> <br /> A first service percentage of 68 and seven aces helped Rybarikova into the final, as she broke Giorgi's serve three times, while fending off all 11 break points on her own serve.<br /> <br /> Rybarikova is into her sixth career WTA Tour final, having won four of her previous five deciders.<br /> <br /> The pair have not met on the WTA circuit proper but have had five meetings at lower-tier events - with Kvitova leading the head-to-head 4-1.<br /> <br /> Their last meeting, on clay in 2011, was Rybarikova's only victory over Kvitova, with the Czech winning all three of their clashes on hard courts

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Petra Kvitova and Magdalena Rybarikova will meet in the Connecticut Open final, after winning one-sided semi-finals on Friday. Czech second seed Kvitova enjoyed a surprisingly comfortable win over Australian wildcard Sam Stosur, the world number four…

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