The top two seeds will contest the Birmingham Classic final today after Jelena Ostapenko and Barbora Krejcikova secured their places.
Czech top seed Krejcikova, 27, breezed past China’s Zhu Lin 6-3 6-2.
Krejcikova’s run to the final of the pre-Wimbledon grass-court event will lift her back into the world’s top 10.
Yesterday, second seed Ostapenko came from behind to beat Russian Anastasia Potapova 5-7 6-2 6-4 and reach a third grass-court final.
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Latvian Ostapenko needed three sets to secure victory for the fourth time this week, with her run to the final including a gruelling win over seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams in the previous round.
