No. 1 seed Barbora Krejcikova of the Czech Republic and No. 2 Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia will square off in Sunday’s final at the Rothesay Classic in Birmingham, England.
Krejcikova saved four of five break points in a 6-3, 6-2 win over China’s Zhu Lin and Ostapenko rallied for a 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 win against No. 4 Anastasia Potapova of Russia in Saturday’s semifinals.
Krejcikova, 27, is looking for her seventh career WTA Tour singles title. Ostapenko, 26, is seeking her sixth title and leads the head-to-head series 4-2, including a win in Rome earlier this year.
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No. 7 seed Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic and unseeded Donna Vekic of Croatia each won two matches on Saturday to advance to Sunday’s final in Berlin.
After Friday’s quarterfinal action was rained out, Kvitova followed up a 6-4, 7-6 (3) win against No. 3 Caroline Garcia of France with a 6-3, 6-4 defeat of Russia’s Ekaterina Alexandrova. Vekic eliminated Russia’s Elina Avanesyan 6-2, 7-6 (0) before beating No. 6 Maria Sakkari of Greece 6-4, 7-6 (8) in the semifinals.
Kvitova, 33, is seeking her 31st career singles title. The two-time Wimbledon champion is 4-1 all-time against Vekic, 26, who will try to win her fifth title and first on grass.
–Field Level Media