NEW YORK: Second seed Dominika Cibulkova powered into her first WTA finals of the year on Friday (Saturday in Manila) with a 6-1, 6-3 win over Belgian qualifier Elise Mertens in New Haven, Connecticut.

Slovakia’s Cibulkova will face either top seed and defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland or Australian Daria Gavrilova in Saturday’s title match in the final WTA tournament before the US Open begins on Monday.

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