Catalonia Open: Cirstea beats Davis and reaches the final

Romanian Sorana Cirstea, the second seed, advanced to the final of the Catalonia Open by winning against American Lauren Davis, the No 3 seed in straight sets (6-4, 7-5) on Saturday.

Cirstea, ranked No 44, will now face American qualifier Elizabeth Mandlik for the title.

The 33-year-old Romanian beat Spanish wildcard Aliona Bolsova (7-5, 6-0), Slovak Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (7-5, 6-4) and American Catherine McNally, the No 7 seed (6-2, 6-2) earlier in the tournament.

In the previous rounds, Davis, ranked No 56, won against Austrian Julia Grabher (6-2, 7-6 (4)), Bulgarian Viktoriya Tomova (6-2, 2-6, 7-5) and Colombian Camila Osorio (6-4, 6-3).