Romanian tennis player Cristina Dinu on Saturday progressed to the women's singles final of the W25 Heraklion ITF tournment in Greece, prize pool USD 25,000, after defeating Greek Dimitra Pavlou 6-0 6-3.
Third-seed Dinu, 30, world number 287, prevailed in an hour and 34 minutes of actual play, with the match being interrupted in the second set.
The Romanian is now 2-1 in the head-to-head count versus Pavlou, 19, world number 437.
In the final, Dinu will play Spain's Ane Mintegi Del Olmo, 20, world number 828 , who defeated fourth-seed Romanian Alexandra Cadantu-Ignatik, 33, world number 295, 7-5 6-2 in the other semi-final.
Qualifier Mintegi Del Olmo, defeated another Romanian, Oana Gavrila, in the quarter-finals.