Top-seeded Iga Swiatek of Poland continued her mastery of fifth-seeded Coco Gauff with a 6-4, 6-2 victory on Friday to reach the title match of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships in the United Arab Emirates.

Swiatek improved to 6-0 all-time versus Gauff while finishing out the victory in 88 minutes. Swiatek will face Czech Republic’s Barbora Krejcikova — who knocked off third-seeded Jessica Pegula — in Saturday’s championship match.

Swiatek converted five of 10 break points while advancing to her 15th career title match. Gauff was plagued by 20 unforced errors.

Krejcikova recorded six aces and had a 31-11 edge in winners during her 6-1, 5-7, 6-0 victory over Pegula. Krejcikova didn’t lose a point in the first two games of the third set en route to finishing off Pegula.

–Field Level Media