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The seventh-seeded Rus rallied for a 2-6, 6-3,
6-1 win against Australia's Daria Saville on Friday. Noha Akugue,
a 19-year-old qualifier competing in her first WTA main draw,
defeated Russia's Diana Schnaider 6-3, 6-3 in 78 minutes in the
other semifinal.
It will be the first WTA final between two left-handed players
since Prague in 2018, when Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic
defeated Romania's Mihaela Buzarnescu in three sets.
Rus, 32, is the oldest first-time finalist since 34-year-old
Tzipora Obziler of Israel at Guangzhou in 2007.
Ladies Open Lausanne
Second-seeded Elisabetta Cocciaretto of Italy converted all
seven break points and advanced to the semifinals in Switzerland
with a 7-5, 6-3 win against Russia's Elina Avanesyan.
Cociaretto will next face unseeded Anna Bondar of Hungary, who
blitzed Slovenia's Tamara Zidansek 6-2, 6-0 in one hour and 22
minutes.
No. 7 seed Diane Parry and Clara Burel will meet in an
all-French semifinal. Cornet defeated countrywoman and No. 7
seed Alize Cornet 6-3, 6-2, and Burel was leading No. 3 seed Ana
Bogdan 6-3, 1-0 when the Romanian retired.
BNP Paribas Warsaw Open
Germany's Tatjana Maria outlasted Slovakia's Rebecca Sramkova
6-3, 1-6, 6-1 to move into the semifinals in Poland.
The quarterfinal match between Italy's Lucrezia Stefanini and
Germany's Laura Siegemund was interrupted by rain at 1-1 in the
opening set, with the winner advancing to face Maria.
Maria saved four of eight break points and converted five of her
12 break chances against Sramkova, who hurt her cause with seven
double faults.
--Field Level Media
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