Halep, Brianti to reach the final, the Grand Prix SAR

FEZ, Morocco (AP) — Simona Halep of Romania beat Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 7-5, 6-4 to reach the final of the Grand Prix SAR Saturday for the second year on the line. "She plays veteran Alberta Brianti of Italy, after the former No. 1 Dinara Safina in the second semifinal withdrew with fever.Halep and Brianti chasing their first WTA title Sunday-2003 final.Flipkens made the seventh of the tylosin on an agar medium ' weak Halep serve to crack his six times. He made the decisive break in the ninth game of the second set and served out to love is match. "It was a difficult match, because she played a different game, but I am happy that I have been good and I found the game to win for him, "said Halep. Iveta Benesova Halep lost the final last year after coming through the qualifiers.Safina is set to play his first semifinal since his highest finish, Cincinnati August 2009. He said on his Twitter account that he decided to cancel because he was "40.5 swine fever" after her in the semi-finals. "It is a sad was playing good, but health is more important, "he said.