Kristina Mladenovic advances to final in St Petersburg Ladies Trophy 2018

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia
Kristina Mladenovic has turned around her singles struggles in impressive style at the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy, dispatching Daria Kasatkina, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 to return to the championship match.

"There's a reason why Daria was in the semifinals," Mladenovic said after the match. "I was surprised to see her beat Wozniacki, but she's been playing really great tennis in general. She's very talented, but especially the surface and environment - she loves the home crowd - made it a very good match. It was high intensity, high quality. There were some ups and downs with the scoreboard, but I tried to stick to my game: be aggressive, keep fighting."