2-time champ Simona Halep advances to Toronto final

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Published August 13, 2022 3:18 PM

TORONTO (AP) — Two-time champion Simona Halep of Romania advanced to the National Bank Open’s final, beating Jessica Pegula of the United States 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday. Halep will face Brazil’s Beatriz Haddad Maia, 6-4, 7-6 (7) winner over 14th-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic in the night semifinal. The 15th-seeded Halep won the tournament in Montreal in 2016 and 2018. Pegula was seeded seventh.

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