Dubai: Defending champion Caroline Wozniacki crashed out of the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open after suffering a shock 7-6, 7-5 defeat to the unseeded Julia Goerges on Friday night.
German Goerges will now face fifth seed Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland in Saturday night's final.
Radwanska progressed to her first final of the 2012 season with a 6-2, 2-6, 6-0 win over former world No 1 and Dubai resident Jelena Jankovic.
The Pole fought off a second-set loss with an authoritative show in the decider to enter her first Dubai final. The last time the two players met was in October 2010, when Radwanska defeated Jankovic on her way to winning the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo.
The Polish player is playing on a career-high ranking of No 6 and could overtake Samantha Stosur should she win the title tonight. "She [Jankovic] put me in big trouble in the second set, so I am happy to come through here," Radwanska said. The Pole showed more purpose in the first set as she hustled Jankovic around to break for a 2-0 lead.
The Serb broke right back, but a double fault at 15-30 proved costly as Radwanska broke a second time and then held for 4-1.
There was a third break of serve in the eighth game, once again a double fault being the culprit as Radwanska was gifted the set 6-2 in 38 minutes.
In the second set, Jankovic broke in the first and third games in-between holding serve, to go 3-0 up. The pair exchanged breaks before Jankovic served out the set at 6-2. In the third, Radwanska broke in the second and fourth games.
