Plíšková will play in Cincinnati for the title. Muguruz did not have a chance
The final round of the tournament, with the exception of the wounded Serena Williams playing all the stars, was celebrated after an hour of play.
Plíšková missed the Olympic tournament in Rio de Janeiro as a reason for the zika virus. She returned to the WTA circuit and was on her way to a fifteenth career final on Sunday.
The seventeenth champion beat Muguruza for the third consecutive time. Her opponent in the fight for the title will be either the German double Angelique Kerber or the world four of Romania Simona Halepová. The opponent Plíšková in the fight for the title will be Kerberová, who in the absence of Williams chance to drop her after three and a half years of tennis throne. “I do not know if she might be more nervous, but I’d like to have her as one.But I will do everything to get there, “said the Czech tennis player even before Kerberova beat Simon Halepka 6: 3, 6: 4. In the doubles Plíšková fell to the side of the German Julie Görges in the semifinals, but the finals Barbora Strycova plays the first joint tournament with a new Indian teammate Sanja Mirza. Strýcová will strive for the 19th title. She opposes former Mirza partner Martine Hingis and Coco Vandeweghe of the United States.
Week after the second Olympic victory British tennis player Andy Murray will play for the men’s title in the Cincinnati tournament.In Saturday’s semifinals, Masters Milose Raonice from Canada twice defeated 6: 3.
His last rival is Croatia Marin Cilic. Tomas Berdych, eight-time defector Tomáš Berdych in the second semifinal, turned the match with Bulhar Grigor Dimitrov, who beat 4: 6, 6: 3 and 7: 5. Murray has won a series of 22 winning matches during which he dominated the Olympic tournament Wimbledon and another grassy business in London’s Queen’s Club.
“I’m definitely not very fresh, I’ve had a lot of matches in the last few weeks.But in recent times, I do not lose my appetite and in difficult situations I make the right decisions, which helps me keep the matches shorter, “Murray said.
The Cincinnati final will play for the third time in 2008 and 2011 in a title fight each time
In a match with Cilic, Murray will be a clear favorite, with a balance of 11/2.
