The first German finalist in Stuttgart since Anke Huber in 1996 will now play either world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki or Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, who play later on Saturday, in her first final this year.

"To beat a player like Stosur is just unbelievable," the world No. 32 said in a courtside interview.

"And to do that in front of a home crowd is even better. I just don't have the words to describe how happy I am," a beaming Goerges said as the home crowd gave her a standing ovation. The 22-year-old got off to a flying start, breaking Stosur to go 3-1 up in the first set, pinning her back with penetrating groundstrokes that have served her so well on the indoor clay court this week.

She clinched the first set with a beautifully executed drop shot on her first opportunity.

Stosur, last year's losing French Open finalist who skipped the Fed Cup last week to focus on her clay court preparations, improved in the second outing, stretching the German with her fine forehand to break and go 3-1 up.

Georges started piling up unforced errors and the Australian opened up a 4-1 lead before serving out the second set a little later.

The pair held serve early in the third set but Goerges got her chance to break and go 4-2 up. Stosur briefly recovered with a break of her own but got broken back to drop 6-5 behind as the German unleashed a string of bludgeoning groundstrokes to claim the match at her first opportunity.
 

In Fez, Morocco, Simona Halep of Romania beat Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium 7-5, 6-4 on Saturday to reach the final of the Grand Prix Sar for the second year in a row.

She will play Italian veteran Alberta Brianti after former No. 1 Dinara Safina withdrew from the second semfinal with an illness.

The seventh-seeded Halep made the most of her opponent's weak serve to break her six times. She made the decisive break in the ninth game of the second set and served out the match at love.

Halep lost to Iveta Benesova in last year's final after coming through the qualifiers.

The WTA tour did not provide any further details on Safina's illness. The Russian was set to play her first semifinal since her runner-up finish at Cincinnati in August 2009.