EUGENIE BOUCHARD VS PLISKOVA INTO FINAL OF NURNBERGER VERSICHERUNGS CUP 2014

EUGENIE BOUCHARD

The second-seeded Bouchard saved all four break points on her serve and won 28 of 33 first serve points in her 6-4, 6-3 semifinal defeat of Karin Knapp on Friday. The 19th-ranked Canadian will contest her second WTA final, having lost to Samantha Stosur in the Osaka final last October.
As for Pliskova, a day after recording her first Top 10 win over World No.9 Angelique Kerber, the Czech won 10 straight games from a set and a break down en route to a 2-6, 6-1, 6-2 defeat of No.4 seed Elina Svitolina. 
 "I started slow but after the first set I woke up and was more aggressive," Pliskova said. "I'm happy that I came back and won the second and third sets. 
 "I'm playing well here. I like the club here. The people are nice. Everything's good." Pliskova will be playing in her third WTA final on Saturday, having won Kuala Lumpur in 2013 and having been runner-up in Pattaya City earlier this year. The one previous match-up between Bouchard and Pliskova was a thriller, with Bouchard pulling out a 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 win in the first round of the US Open last year.