Berlin: Best seed Ons Jabeur will face Olympic champion Belinda Bencic within the last of Berlin’s WTA grass-court event after the Tunisian noticed off American teen Coco Gauff in immediately units on Saturday.

Gauff, 18, who reached her first Grand Slam last on the French Open previous this month, succumbed to defeat within the semi-final as Jabeur earned a 7-6(7/4), 6-2 victory.

After grinding out a win when the primary set went to a tie breaker, Jabeur saved the Gauff underneath power, breaking Gauff thrice in the second one set earlier than changing her 2nd fit level.

In her previous semi-final Bencic got here from at the back of towards Maria Sakkari, a fit which lasted over 3 hours in sizzling temperatures.

Bencic rallied from shedding the hard-fought first set, which lasted 76 mins, to safe a 6-7 (6/8), 6-4, 6-4 win in temperatures of round 33 levels Celsius (91 levels Fahrenheit) within the coloration.