Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (32nd world) qualified Thursday at Roland Garros for her first Grand Slam tournament final, beating Slovenian Tamara Zidansek (85th world) 7-5, 6-3 in the half.
Pavlyuchenkova will face for the title the winner of the other semi-final between Greece's Maria Sakkari (18th) and Czech Barbora Krejcikova (33rd).