Tennis: Cadantu books spot in Monterrey final

MONTERREY: Romania’s Alexandra Cadantu and Hungary’s Timea Babos advanced to their first WTA career finals after victories in the last-four stage of the Monterrey Open. Cadantu defeated sixth-seed Greta Arn of Hungary 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. After trading the first two sets, Cadantu made the decisive break in the 11th game of the third set and held her nerve on her next service game for the win. Meanwhile, Babos defeated second-seed Sara Errani of Italy 6-4, 6-7, 6-4 in almost two and a half hours in the other semi-final.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 27^th, 2012.