Emma Raducanu secured her passage to her first Queen's Club Championships final by winning twice in one day.
The 2021 US Open champion dispatched Kamilla Rakhimova 6-3 7-5 in her first match on Saturday to reach the final four, but there were concerns about her physical condition after slipping on the slick grass and hurting her left thigh.
Strapping the injured area ahead of her semi-final clash against sixth seed Iva Jovic, Raducanu exhibited no sign of any limitation as she produced an impeccable performance to dismantle the prodigious American 6-2 6-2.
It's only Raducanu's third tour-level final in her career after her Grand Slam triumph at Flushing Meadows five years ago and a WTA 250 event in Cluj earlier this year.
What's arguably most impressive is the manner in which the Briton has reached the showpiece at Queen's Club.
Raducanu is yet to drop a set, but she's swatted aside opponents - including two ranked in the world's top 20 - with a swagger reminiscent of her US Open triumph.
Her run to the final follows a troublesome few months where she's battled fitness issues, poor form and a lack of confidence.
Following her appearance in the final in Romania, Raducanu lost five consecutive first round matches, including a demoralising 6-1 6-1 defeat at the hands of Amanda Anisimova in Miami. At the French Open, she trailed Solana Sierra 6-0 4-1 before demonstrating grit to fight back and at least force a tie-break.
But Raducanu has clearly found her groove on the grass courts of Queen's.
She will encounter Donna Vekic in the final, who convincingly defeated Katie Boulter 6-1 6-3 on the Andy Murray Arena.
A lucky loser ranked 76th in the world, the Croatian is not one to be underestimated, especially on grass. Vekic delivered her best Grand Slam performance at Wimbledon in 2024, reaching the final four before bowing out to Jasmine Paolini in the longest-ever women's singles semi-final at SW19.
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