Wozniacki, Vinci in Istanbul WTA final

Top seeds Caroline Wozniacki and Roberta Vinci will contest the Istanbul Cup WTA final with the latter 2-1 up in their head-to-heads.

Roberta Vinci, of Italy

Top seeds Caroline Wozniacki and Roberta Vinci (pic) will contest the Istanbul Cup WTA final. (AAP)

Two months after the end of their engagement, Caroline Wozniacki could join former fiance Rory McIlroy in becoming a champion on Sunday.

Wozniacki will play Roberta Vinci of Italy for the Istanbul Cup WTA title after they reached the final as seeded, 1 and 2, on Saturday.

While golfer McIlroy was building a six-shot lead heading into the final round of the British Open, Wozniacki was beating Kristina Mladenovic of France 6-2 6-3 in the Istanbul semi-finals.

She will play for her 22nd career title and first of the year against Vinci, who is 2-1 up in their head-to-heads.

Vinci beat teenage qualifier Ana Konjuh of Croatia 6-4 6-2 to go for her 10th WTA title in her 12th final.

Sixteen-year-old Konjuh was the youngest player to reach a WTA semi-final since a 16-year-old Donna Vekic made the Tashkent final in 2012.


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