Beijing: Agnieszka Radwanska is seeking her second title in two weeks after reaching the final of the China Open, where she will take on Andrea Petkovic.
Radwanska, the winner of last week's Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, beat Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 6-4, to improve her career record against the Italian to 3-1.
"I knew she'd been playing well the last couple of weeks so I was really focussing on my game from the beginning," Radwanska said. "I was just happy to close this game in two sets."
The Polish player has won her four previous meetings with Petkovic, including twice this year, but Radwanska said she wasn't expecting an easy time on Sunday.
"It's always very tough and very tight against Andrea," the 11th-seeded Radwanska said. "She's playing very well, very consistent. I think I'll have to play even better than today to beat her tomorrow."
Earlier in the day, ninth-seeded Petkovic downed Monica Niculescu 6-2, 6-0.
Petkovic said she drew confidence from her increasingly steady performances, having reached the quarter-finals at each of this year's Australian, French and US Opens. Saturday's win marked her first victory in three meetings with the Romanian.
"I was really satisfied with the intensity and the focus I managed to have with each and every point and I think that made the difference today," the German said.
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