Simona Halep cruises past Ashleigh Barty into Canadian Open final

  • Simona Halep 6-4, 6-1 Ashleigh Barty
  • World No1 to face Sloane Stephens in final

Ashleigh Barty will use her Canadian Open semi-final defeat as ammunition for her assault on the US Open later this month. The Australian world No16 suffered a 6-4 6-1 loss to top-ranked Romanian Simona Halep, who cruised into her third final at the WTA Tour event.

An error-prone Barty was undone by a patient Halep, who employed a strategy based on making a high percentage of first serves and controlling the rallies.

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