BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Simona Halep came from a set down to reach the Bucharest Open final on Saturday and take a shot at her second home title.
The top-seeded Halep took more than two hours to see off Vania King of the United States 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-3 for the second time this year.
That set up a final between Halep and seventh-seeded Anastasija Sevastova of Latvia, who has a 3-1 record against the Romanian ranked No. 5 in the world.
The pressure will be on Halep to deliver after winning the inaugural Bucharest event in 2014. She didn't play here last year.
Sevastova reached her second final of the year and underlined her best season in six years.
She dispatched Laura Siegemund of Germany 6-3, 6-2, and hasn't dropped a set in the clay tournament.
Sevastova won her only WTA title in 2010, and didn't reach a final again until the Wimbledon warmup at Mallorca last month.
