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Tennis: Wozniacki in Stuttgart final after marathon match.

Published: 25 Apr 2015 - 08:59 pm | Last Updated: 14 Jan 2022 - 05:23 pm

Stuttgart, Germany - Caroline Wozniacki reached her third final of 2015 when she saw off Simona Halep after a marathon match over nearly three-hours in Saturday's semi-final clash at Stuttgart's WTA tournament.

The former world number one, who ran the 2014 New York marathon for charity, needed two hours, 58 minutes to claim a 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 victory.

She will now meet local favourite Angelique Kerber in Sunday's final after the German enjoyed a 6-3, 6-1 win over American Madison Brengle.

"I felt good right through until the end," said Denmark's Wozniacki.

"I love these long matches and if I can run a marathon, then I can play in great games like that.

"We needed nearly three hours and that would be a pretty good marathon time."

AFP