Petra Kvitova and Donna Vekic to face off in Berlin final after marathon day
Kvitova and Vekic both had to come through two matches on Saturday as the WTA event played catch up.
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Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova and Donna Vekic both won through two matches on Saturday to secure a place in the final of WTA Bett1Open. </p>
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With Friday's scheduled quarter-finals having been washed out by rain, Kvitova first saw off number three seed Caroline Garcia 6-4 7-6 (3) to progress to the last four. </p>
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Czech player Kvitova, who won Wimbledon in 2011 and 2014, then returned later to defeat 's-Hertogenbosch champion Ekaterina Alexandra 6-3 6-4. </p>
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Vekic, meanwhile, knocked out lucky loser Elina Avanesyan 6-2 7-6 (0) and then battled past sixth seed Maria Sakkari 6-4 7-6 (8) to reach her 12th career final. </p>
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Alexandrova was the only semi-finalist not to have played twice on Saturday after Veronika Kudermetova had earlier withdrawn from their last-eight match because of a hip injury. </p>
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