Christina McHale will face Katerina Siniakova in Sunday's final of the Japan Women's Open after both came through their semi-finals.
Seventh seed McHale had a tough job in seeing off Slovakian Jana Cepelova - who ended home hopes with a come-from-behind victory over local favourite Kurumi Nara on Friday.
But a battling performance saw her prevail 6-4 3-6 7-5 in a match which lasted just under two and a half hours.
Siniakova's victory was much more straightforward as the Czech dismissed sixth seed Shuai Zhang of China 6-3 6-0 in a little over an hour.
Source: PA
