Qinwen Zheng has continued her recent run of form to reach the Tokyo final where she will meet Sofia Kenin.
The Olympic gold medallist has backed up her deep run in Beijing as well as her run to the final in Wuhan by reaching the final in Tokyo.
Zheng defeated Diana Schnaider 7-6(5) 6-3 to reach the final in the Japanese capital and will now face Sofia Kenin in the final.
The Chinese number one will now bid to win her third title of the season as she has won 27 of her last 31 matches since Wimbledon.
As for Kenin, the American defeated Katie Boulter 6-4 6-4 which was a third win for Kenin over a top ten seed this week.
The former Australian Open champion has also defeated Xinyu Wang and Daria Kasatkina in Tokyo and was delighted with the victory, “I tried to off-set it. I did a great job. Definitely this week means a lot to me, going where I’ve been coming from this past year,” Kenin told the WTA website.
“I’m just going to rest up and see what happens. I’ve never played her so I don’t really know much of her game style. I’ll have to do some homework. As long as I don’t get killed, I’m good. Just see how it goes tomorrow.”
Kenin’s participation in the final is in doubt though after being in tears during her doubles match after her semi-final singles win.
Should Kenin defeat Zheng in the final then she would win her first title in four years.
