Harriet Dart missed out on her first WTA Tour ultimate as she misplaced in straight units to former world primary Karolina Pliskova on the Transylvania Open.
The British quantity three was crushed 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 achieve her first semi-final on the WTA Tour.
However 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 27-year-old 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 mentioned: “I understand how you guys may be robust if I play towards Romanian women so allow us to see however it doesn’t matter what I will settle for you will cheer for Anna.
“I simply need to play good tennis. There may be at all times an opportunity with my recreation to win and I’ve reached finals already so there isn’t any strain.
“I need to win the title, as a result of I have not received a title for a few years already but additionally I have not performed a ultimate for some time so I’ll take pleasure in it.”
Elsewhere, former Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina beat Liudmila Samsonova for the primary time in 5 makes an attempt to achieve the Abu Dhabi ultimate. She is going to face Daria Kasatkina on Sunday.
