QUEBEC — American Venus Williams and Mirjana Lucic-Baroni of Croatia will compete in the singles final at the Coupe Banque Nationale after winning their respective semifinal matches Saturday.
Williams, the top seed at the Quebec City tournament, took down fourth seed Shelby Rogers 6-3, 6-3.
The 34-year-old Williams will be playing in her 75th singles final on the WTA tour. She has won 45 times.
In the other semi, Lucic-Baroni needed three sets to get past fifth seed Julia Goerges of Germany, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.
Lucic-Baroni, 32, is competing at the Coupe Banque Nationale for the sixth consecutive year but has not played in a WTA singles final since 1998.
Williams and Lucic-Baroni have played each other twice before — in the opening round of the 2002 U.S. Open and again in the first round of the Florianopolis tournament in 2013 — with Williams winning both matches in straight sets.
In doubles semifinal action, Lucie Hradecka and Lucic-Baroni edged Timea Babos and Kristina Mladenovic 4-6, 6-3, 11-9, and Julia Goerges and Andrea Hlavackova beat Barbora Krejcikova and Tatjana Maria 6-3, 6-3.
The doubles final also goes Sunday.