Samantha Stosur advanced to her second straight WTA final by beating doubles partner Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-2 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Kremlin Cup on Saturday.
Kuznetsova couldn't hold serve once in the first set, winning just six of 23 points when serving, while Stosur was broken twice as well.
Stosur took a 5-1 lead in the second but then failed to serve out the match twice.
"At the start we were both struggling to hold serve and she had love-40 again on me and my second service ... and I was able to get out of that," Stosur said.
"And I think that gave me a little bit of a head up and to win that first set 6-2 was good. It was still pretty tight all the way through with who was going to hold."
Stosur sealed the victory on her second match point when the Russian sent a shot wide.
"We know each other's games pretty well. So I guess you've got to take your opportunities when you get them," she said.
The seventh seed will play the final against fifth seed Simona Halep after the Romanian beat Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-2 6-1.
Stosur won her second title of the season and fifth of her career in Osaka, Japan, last Sunday.
The Australian was a runner-up to Caroline Wozniacki at last year's Kremlin Cup, and will face either fifth-seeded Simona Halep or local favourite Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in Sunday's final.
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