BEIJING, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- Top-ranked Victoria Azarenka and world No. 2 Maria Sharapova both won in straight sets Saturday and will meet in the finals of the China Open.
Sunday's final will mark the fourth time this year and sixth time overall that Azarenka and Sharapova played for a WTA tournament title. Azarenka won the first two such meetings in 2012 but Sharapova took the most recent.