Andreescu reaches Bad Homburg final after Halep withdrawal
Bianca Andreescu benefited from the forfeit of Simona Halep on Friday. She’ll play the winner of the match between No 9 seed Alize Cornet and Caroline Garcia for the title
Bianca Andreescu of Canada in action during the second round of the 2022 bett1Open WTA 500 tennis tournament against Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic (Zuma/Panoramic)
Canadian Bianca Andreescu reached the final of the Bad Homburg Open after Romanian Simona Halep, the No 4 seed, withdrew before the match with a sore neck on Friday afternoon.
Andreescu, ranked No 64, will play the winner of the match between No 9 seed Alize Cornet and Caroline Garcia next.
In the previous rounds, the 22-year-old Canadian won against Italian Martina Trevisan, the No 7 seed (6-3, 6-1), qualifier Katie Swan (6-4, 6-4) and Russian Daria Kasatkina, the top seed (6-4, 6-1).
Halep, ranked No 19, beat Czech Katerina Siniakova (4-6, 6-3, 6-4), Slovenian Tamara Zidansek (6-0, 6-3) and American Amanda Anisimova, the No 6 seed (6-2, 6-1) earlier in the tournament.
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