Britain's Heather Watson is through to her first WTA Tour singles final after beating home favourite Misaki Doi in two tight sets at the Japan Open.
Watson, 20, prevailed 7-6 (7-2) 7-5 in Osaka to set up a meeting with Australian top seed Sam Stosur or Kai-Chen Chang of Chinese Taipei.
Each player broke once in the first set before Watson easily won the tie-break.
World number 71 Watson broke four times to Doi's three in the second set to triumph in two hours, one minute.
Watson's achievement comes just three weeks after Laura Robson became the first British woman to reach a WTA singles final.
Robson, 18, lost in three sets to Su-Wei Hsieh at the Guangzhou Open, with Watson aiming to go one better in Sunday's final.