France’s Kristina Mladenovic, who is current WTA rank 54 & unseeded in Hong Kong open. defeated eighth seed Daria Gavrilova of Australia who is WTA rank 38 by defeated by close thrilling match 7-5, 6-3 at Victoria Park on Saturday to reach the final of the Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open.

Kristina Mladenovic Hong Kong Tennis OpenDaria Gavrilova shown amazing performance in this match after her last win over the world no 1 Angelique Kerber in straight set win. She didn’t  produce the same result in this match against the Kristina Mladenovic .

Both the player played outstanding tennis today. Frustration was at the high level on the last game of the 2nd set match duration was over 2 hrs. Kristina Mladenovic  now one step away from her first WTA single title.