Two-time champion Simona Halep has beaten Coco Gauff in straight sets to reach the semi-finals of the Canadian Open.
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The 30-year-old from Romania, who won the event in Montreal in 2016 and 2018, beat the young American 6-4 7-6 (7-2) on Friday.
Halep will now face seventh-seed Jessica Pegula, who beat Kazakhstan's Yulia Putintseva in a straight-forward 6-3 6-3 win.
The 15th-seeded Halep is now 4-0 against Gauff, the 18-year-old who was seeded 10th.
"I'm really pleased with the way I stayed there strong mentally," said Halep, after reaching her 29th career semi-final at a WTA 1000 event - more than any other player.
"And I fought for every point which was really important because she's doing the same thing. Mentally I'm strong even if I struggled a little bit in the second set."
In the night session, Brazil's Beatriz Haddad Maia ousted 12th-seed Belinda Bencic of Switzerland 2-6 6-3 6-3. On Thursday, Haddad Maia beat top-ranked Iga Swiatek of Poland.
In the late match, 14th-seeded Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic beat China's Zheng Qinwen 4-6 6-4 6-4.
Australian Associated Press
