Friday 26 September 2014 16:33, UK
Petra Kvitova will meet Eugenie Bouchard in a repeat of their one-sided Wimbledon final at the inaugural Wuhan Open in China on Saturday.
Kvitova brushed Bouchard aside in just 55 minutes 6-3 6-0 to win her second Wimbledon trophy in July, in what was the most lopsided Wimbledon women's final in 22 years.
They both advanced to the Wuhan final after dominating performances in their respective semi-finals on Friday.
Kvitova overpowered Elina Svitolina 6-3 7-5 to reach the final and move a step closer to a place in the season-ending WTA championships in Singapore while Bouchard beat Caroline Wozniacki with her heavy groundstrokes 6-2 6-3.
World No 3 Kvitova broke to go up 6-5 in the second set, but wasted two match points with errors in the next game, and then double-faulted to give feisty Ukrainian Svitolina break point.
Svitolina, who upset German seventh seed Angelique Kerber to reach the semi-finals, couldn't convert, however, and Kvitova closed out the match on her third attempt.
Kvitova avenged a defeat to Svitolina in their only previous meeting in Cincinnati in August, several weeks after she captured her second title at the All England Club.
"From the beginning my season was really tough," Kvitova told the official WTA site. "If somebody told me at the Australian Open that I would win Wimbledon and still be fighting for Singapore, I'm not sure I would have believed them.
If somebody told me at the Australian Open that I would win Wimbledon and still be fighting for Singapore, I'm not sure I would have believed them.
The big-hitting Czech will now face a rematch of the Wimbledon final against Canadian Bouchard, and she's looking to produce a repeat of their last meeting, which she won for the loss of only three games.
"It's going to be nice to play Genie in the final, so we can have a repeat match of the final at Wimbledon," said Kvitova after her victory.
"She's a very good mover and plays very aggressively from the baseline - she takes the balls very early and returns very well. Those are some of the things she does great."
Bouchard overcame Denmark's Wozniacki in the second semi-final thanks to some aggressive baseline tennis.
Wozniacki appeared to have sustained a minor hamstring injury which she received treatment for in the fourth game of the second set.
The first break point of the set came two games later, which Bouchard survived, and the Canadian then broke Wozniacki to make it 4-3 before going on to clinch the match.
"I think I played very aggressively, and it was all about trying to maintain it," Bouchard said.
"Of course I expected some resistance, and she definitely made me fight for every point, but I was happy with the way I was serving and stepping in and the way I kind of regathered my concentration."
