Shelby Rogers celebrates after reaching the WTA final in San Jose. (AP PHOTO)
Unseeded American Shelby Rogers will play for a maiden WTA Tour after beating ninth seed Veronika Kudermetova of Russia 6-3 6-4 in the semi-finals of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic.
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Rogers will play seventh seed Daria Kasatkina of Russia in Sunday's final of the hard-court US Open tune-up.
Kasatkina advanced by beating second-seeded and fourth-ranked Paula Badosa of Spain 6-2 6-4.
Rogers beat top-seeded Maria Sakkari 6-1 6-3 to reach the quarterifinals. She then beat fellow American Amanda Anisimova 6-4 6-4 to reach the semis.
Kasatkina topped Badosa for the second time in three career matchups.
Australian Associated Press
