Petra Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova overcame their respective semifinal opponents, as the duo are all set to lock horns in a mouth-watering finale on Friday.

While second-seeded Kvitova outplayed Bulgarian qualifier Tsvetana Pironkova in straight sets; big-serving Pliskova looked lethal en route her stunning win over fifth seed Angelique Kerber of Germany.

“Final this time! So happy to play some good tennis tonight @sydneytennis. Special thanks to my serve 🙂 #pojd (sic),” Kvitova wrote on her official Twitter account afterwards.

In the doubles event, top seeds Racquel Kops-Jones/Abigail Spears and Sania Mirza/Bethanie Mattek-Sands advanced to lock horns in the final.

SEMIFINAL RESULTS – SINGLES

K Pliskova d. (5) A Kerber (6-3, 6-2)

(2) P Kvitova d. (Q) T Pironkova (7-5, 6-1)

SEMIFINAL RESULTS – DOUBLES

(1) R Kops-Jones/A Spears d. T Babos/K Mladenovic (6-7,7-6,10-8)

S Mirza/B Mattek-Sands d. K Date-Krumm/K Pliskova (6-2, 6-1)