Simona Halep storms into China Open final, becomes World No. 1

Simona Halep will take over as the new number one in the WTA world rankings after progressing to the China Open final with a dominant 6-2, 6-4 victory over Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko in Beijing on Saturday. The Romanian avenged this year's French Open final defeat to the hard-hitting Ostapenko with a ruthless display of all-round tennis that saw her send down five aces and 14 winners to oust the 20-year-old in 75 minutes. (Video Credit: SNTV)

 
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