Top seeded Swiss Belinda Bencic has reached the St. Petersburg Ladies Open tennis final to face Italian Roberta Vinci.
Bencic defeated her Russian opponent Daria Kasatkina 6-4, 6-3 on Saturday, reports Efe.
Vinci, seeded second, defeated Serbian Ana Ivanovic 7-5, 6-4 in an hour and 18 minutes.
World No.16 Vinci, 32 years old, has never played against her 18-year-old Swiss opponent, World No.11.
The Italian player seeks to win her 10th title, while her Swiss rival wants to get her third trophy.
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