Top-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska breezed through her Connecticut Open semi-final Friday, routing two-time defending champion Petra Kvitova 6-1 6-1.
Radwanska, who will be seeded fourth next week in the US Open, was never challenged.
The Polish star won the first five games of the first set and the first four in the second against her Czech opponent, who has been fighting off a cold all week.
The 27-year-old is looking for her second title of the year after winning the Shenzhen Open in China in January.
"It's good that I'm again at this level that I can really play my best tennis, especially before the grand slam," she said
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She will face the Ukraine's Elina Svitolina in the final.
The 21-year-old Svitolina ousted Sweden's Johanna Larsson 6-4 6-2.
Svitolina beat Serena Williams in the Olympics, is ranked No. 23 in the world and is 4-0 in WTA finals, but this will be her first in a premier event.
"It feels, of course, more special because it's a premier event," Svitolina said.
"For the rest, I don't think this way. It's just a final, you know. My goal is to win a grand slam. It's just another step in the right direction."
Kvitova's loss snapped an 11-match winning streak for her in New Haven, where the Olympic bronze medallist was looking to join Venus Williams and Caroline Wozniacki as four-time winners.
The two-time Wimbledon champion said she was fatigued, a bit ill and Radwanska just ran her off the court.
"She's not playing very hard, but she's using her speed, she's putting everything in," Kvitova said.
"Even (when) you feel it's winner there, she still can catch it and rallies continue."
