Harriet Dart missed out on her first WTA Tour ultimate by shedding in straight units to former world primary Karolina Pliskova on the Transylvania Open.
The British quantity three was overwhelmed 6-3 6-3 by the Czech, who reached her first WTA ultimate in three-and-a-half years.
Dart, who got here via qualifying, beat Spain’s Nuria Parrizas-Diaz to succeed in her first semi-final on the WTA Tour.
Nonetheless Pliskova put an finish to her spectacular run in Cluj, Romania.
A double break allowed the Czech to take a agency grip on the primary set and prevail 6-3.
She went 4-0 up within the second set however allowed Dart to claw her method again into it, earlier than finally defeating the Briton.
Pliskova will meet Romanian Ana Bogdan in Sunday’s ultimate in entrance of a house crowd.
After reaching her seventeenth WTA Tour ultimate, she stated: “I understand how you guys may be powerful if I play in opposition to Romanian ladies so allow us to see however it doesn’t matter what I will settle for you will cheer for Anna.
“I simply wish to play good tennis. There’s at all times an opportunity with my sport to win and I’ve reached finals already so there is no such thing as a strain.
“I wish to win the title, as a result of I have never received a title for a few years already but additionally I have never performed a ultimate for some time so I’ll get pleasure from it.”
Elsewhere, former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina beat Liudmila Samsonova for the primary time in 5 makes an attempt to succeed in the Abu Dhabi ultimate. She is going to face Daria Kasatkina on Sunday.