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Ruthless Leona Maguire tees up matchplay final showdown with World No. 1 Nelly Korda. They tee off at 9.55pm Irish time @RTEsport

Leona Maguire is in the T-Mobile World Matchplay final later today

Leona Maguire dispatched Sei-Young Kim to set up a final showdown with World No. 1 Nelly Korda in the T-Mobile World Matchplay in Las Vegas on Sunday.

Maguire, in fine form all week, having topped the three-round strokeplay phase of the competition and qualified for the knockout bracket as top seed, beat Moriya Jutanugarn earlier on Saturday before facing off against the Korean in yesterday’s semi.

As in her quarter-final, Maguire started quickly, going 2up thru 3, capitalising on her opponent’s opening bogey and then rolling in a birdie on the third.

The Korean pulled one back with a birdie at the fourth but stumbled with bogeys at the seventh and tenth and Maguire, playing steadily around a difficult layout, was now clearly in command.