Summary Simona Halep beat Sam Stosur 6-2, 6-0 to reach Madrid Open final on Friday.
MADRID (AFP) - World number seven Simona Halep reached her first final of the season in comprehensive fashion with a 6-2, 6-0 thrashing of Australian Sam Stosur at the Madrid Open on Friday.
Halep will face Dominika Cibulkova in Saturday s final after the Slovakian celebrated her 27th birthday in style with a 6-1, 6-1 demolition of American qualifier Louisa Chirico.
Former US Open champion Stosur managed just 13 points in the final 10 games having led the first set 2-1 as Halep showed the type of form which saw her reach number two in the world last year.
Cibulkova made the most of Chirico s inexperience on her first WTA semi-final as she dominated the world number 130 throughout to seal victory after just an hour on court.
