Teenager Olga Govortsova of Belarus toppled third-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel 6-3, 3-6 and 6-4 at the Memphis Championship on Friday to reach her first WTA final.
The 19-year-old fifth seed beat four double faults through the tight semifinal which lasted for almost two hours.
"It feels great, getting into my first final," Govortsova said," I am playing really well now and in the third set I wanted to win so badly."
Peer, a winner of three WTA singles titles and ranked 18th, said that "it was a good match and it could have gone either way. I had some chances in the first set and I didn't make them."
Govortsova, who clinched two ITF crowns last year in her first full season on the WTA Tour, will meet the winner between American Lindsay Davenport and New Zealand qualifier Marina Erakovic in the final.
Source:Xinhua
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