The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Radwanska makes Connecticu­t final

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Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska breezed through her Connecticu­t Open semifinal in New Haven, routing two-time defending champion Petra Kvitova 6-1, 6-1.

Radwanska, who will be seeded fourth next week in the U.S. Open, will face the Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina in the final.

The 21-year-old Svitolina ousted Sweden’s Johanna Larsson 6-4, 6-2.

Winston-Salem (N.C.) Open: Roberto Bautista Agut advanced to the final, beating Viktor Troicki 7-5, 6-7 (2), 6-2.

The second-seeded Agut will face fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta, a 6-4, 7-6 (5) winner over Australia’s John Millman in the second semifinal.

U.S. Open: American Sloane Stephens, a 2013 quarterfin­alist at Flushing Meadows, has withdrawn because of a right foot injury.

The announceme­nt means Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig becomes the 32nd and final women’s seed, as Stephens had been seeded 24th.

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