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It continues a fine week for Anisimova, who
dominated No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka in Saturday's
quarterfinals.
Anisimova, 22, will be playing in her first WTA 1000-level final
on Monday. She is ranked No. 132 in the world.
"This is a huge accomplishment for me, and something I've been
working really hard towards," Anisimova said. "I'm just super
happy, honestly, with my week here, and I'm pretty surprised
with how well I've been able to do so far.
"I'm still hungry for more, and I hope that I can really do well
(Monday)."
Anisimova will be looking for her third WTA title and first
since early 2022. She missed a large part of the 2023 season
while focusing on her mental health.
"I knew that when I stepped away that I really wanted to come
back and I didn't want to finish my career on that note,"
Anisimova said. "There was still a lot that I wanted to achieve,
and just not finish at such a young age, because I had
sacrificed so much and given so much to the sport."
Navarro had just 10 winners. She saved 7 of 11 break points but
committed six double faults.
No. 3 seed Jessica Pegula of the United States will take on
Anisimova in the final after recording a 6-4, 6-3 sweep of
Russia's Diana Shnaider, the No. 14 seed, on Sunday.
Pegula, the defending champion of the tournament, won 24 of 33
first-serve points against Shnaider while saving 2 of 3 break
points.
Shnaider saved 7 of 11 break points, but she also finished with
zero aces against four double faults.
Should Pegula successfully defend her title, she would become
the first woman to accomplish the feat at the National Bank Open
since Switzerland's Martina Hingis went back-to-back in 1999 and
2000.
It took just 83 minutes for Pegula to knock off Shnaider on
Sunday.
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