In-form Jabeur into Berlin final, past Gauff in straight sets

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur, the top seed, moved into the final of the Berlin Open by winning against American Coco Gauff, the No 7 seed, 7-6 (4), 6-2 at Rot-Weiss Tennis Club on Saturday.

The 27-year-old has now reached the final in three out of her last four tournaments – with Roland-Garros the only exception, where she lost in a first-round upset to Magda Linette. Prior to that, she won the title in Madrid (beating Jessica Pegula in the final), and lost to Iga Swiatek in Rome (6-2, 6-2).

The world No 4 will face Swiss Belinda Bencic, the No 8 seed, for the title – an opponent to whom she lost in the Charleston final back in April, 6-1, 5-7, 6-4.

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The Tunisian beat Czech Karolina Muchova (6-3, 6-3), American qualifier Alycia Parks (6-2, 7-6 (8)) and Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich (6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2) ahead of her victory.

Earlier in the tournament, Gauff, ranked No 13, won against Ann Li (6-2, 7-6 (2)), Chinese qualifier Xinyu Wang (6-0, 6-4) and Czech Karolina Pliskova, the No 4 seed (7-5, 6-4).

Berlin WTA 500, other semi-final result (Rot-Weiss Tennis Club, grass, EUR 611.210):

• Belinda Bencic beat Maria Sakkari (2): 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-4