HAMBURG, Germany — American Bernarda Pera will play top-seeded Anett Kontaveit in the women’s final of the Hamburg European Open after both won their semifinal matches in straight sets Friday.
The 27-year-old Pera, who claimed her first WTA title in Budapest last week, advanced with a 6-2, 6-4 win over seventh-seeded Maryna Zanevska. It was Pera’s 11th straight win going back to the Budapest qualifiers after losing her previous five matches.
Kontaveit beat Anastasia Potapova 6-3, 7-5 to reach her 16th career final and her first since losing to Iga Swiatek in Doha in February.
The 26-year-old Kontaveit, who will be bidding for her seventh singles title, defeated Pera in their only previous meeting 7-5, 6-1 in the first round at Wimbledon in June.
Top-seeded Carlos Alcaraz eased into the men’s semifinals over Karen Khachanov 6-0, 6-2. The Spanish player next faces Alex Molcan, who was leading 7-6 (7), 2-0 when Borna Coric retired from their quarterfinal.
Lorenzo Musetti will play Francisco Cerundolo in the other semifinal. Musetti defeated Spain’s Alejandro Davidovich Fokina 6-4, 6-3 and Cerundolo overcame Russia’s Aslan Karatsev 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4).