Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina marched into her fourth final of the season with a 7-6 7-6 win over Petra Martic at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships on Friday.
Rybakina came back from a break down in both sets and also saved set points in each to overcome the eighth seeded Croatian in a little over two hours for her 19th victory of the year.In the other semi, top-seeded Romanian Simona Halep was barely troubled by American qualifier Jennifer Brady, winning 6-2 6-0 in 62 minutes after converting five break points.
The 20-year-old Rybakina, having beaten Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin and second seed Karolina Pliskova, showed maturity to recover from losing her first two service games.
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