Russia's Kasatkina, Germany's Goerges reach Kremlin Cup final


  • Tennis
  • Saturday, 21 Oct 2017

Tennis - Kremlin Cup - Women's singles - Semi-Final - Moscow, Russia - October 20, 2017 Daria Kasatkina of Russia in action against Irina-Camelia Begu of Romania. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Daria Kasatkina and Julia Goerges of Germany will meet in the final of the Kremlin Cup after defeating their semi-final opponents in Moscow on Friday.

Kasatkina, 28th in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, took charge early in her 6-2 6-3 win against Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu, breaking her serve and holding to win the first two games. Kasatkina broke twice more to close the first set.

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