OEIRAS, Portugal: Third seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova fought back from a first-set whitewash to beat unseeded Romina Oprandi 0-6, 6-3, 6-1 yesterday to reach the women’s final of the ATP/WTA Portugal Open.

The 19th-ranked Russian winner will bid for her second trophy this season after Monterrey, when she plays fourth seed and 2012 finalist Carla Suarez Navarro, who beat Estonian defending champion Kaia Kanepi 6-4, 6-1 in 66 minutes.

The Spanish winner benefited from seven double-faults by her Estonian opponent.

“It’s great to be in my second final here, it was a good match for me today,” she said. “I did have last year’s final in my mind. She started strong and I was a bit nervous. I served well and kept my intensity in the important moments.”