Poland's Iga Swiatek serves a ball to Russia's Liudmila Samsonova during the women's singles semifinal WTA tour match at Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday April 23, 2022. (Silas Stein/dpa via AP)
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STUTTGART, Germany (AP) - Top-ranked Iga Swiatek will play Aryna Sabalenka in the final of the Stuttgart Open after both came through their respective semifinals on Saturday.
Swiatek stretched her winning run to 22 matches as she overcame Liudmila Samsonova 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-5 to move into her fourth final of the season.
Sabalenka, who lost last year's final to Ash Barty, defeated the second-seeded Paula Badosa 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Swiatek and Sabalenka have one win against each other. Sabalenka won at the WTA Finals last year, while Swiatek made up for that on her way to winning the Doha title this year.
She also won at Indian Wells and Miami and will hope to claim her fourth title of the year in Sunday's final.
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Poland's Iga Swiatek returns a ball to Russia's Liudmila Samsonova during the women's singles semifinal WTA tour match at Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday April 23, 2022. (Silas Stein/dpa via AP)
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Russia's Liudmila Samsonova returns a ball to Poland's Iga Swiatek during the women's singles semifinal WTA tour match at Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday April 23, 2022. (Silas Stein/dpa via AP)
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Poland's Iga Swiatek reacts during the women's singles semifinal WTA tour match against Russia's Liudmila Samsonova at Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday April 23, 2022. (Silas Stein/dpa via AP)
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Poland's Iga Swiatek reacts during the women's singles semifinal WTA tour match against Russia's Liudmila Samsonova at Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday April 23, 2022. (Silas Stein/dpa via AP)
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Russia's Liudmila Samsonova reacts during the women's singles semifinal WTA tour match against Poland's Iga Swiatek at Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday April 23, 2022. (Silas Stein/dpa via AP)
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Russia's Liudmila Samsonova returns a ball to Poland's Iga Swiatek during the women's singles semifinal WTA tour match at Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday April 23, 2022. (Silas Stein/dpa via AP)
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Spain's Paula Badosa during her WTA Tour, semifinal tennis match against Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus in Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (Silas Stein/dpa via AP)
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Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus during her WTA Tour, semifinal tennis match against Spain's Paula Badosa in Stuttgart, Germany, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (Silas Stein/dpa via AP)
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