Second seed Shahar Peer will take on home favourite Akgul Amanmuradova in Sunday's final of the Tashkent Open in Uzbekistan.

Israeli Peer took one hour and 57 minutes to claim a straight-sets victory over Olga Govortsova of Belarus which was anything but straightforward, coming through 7-6 (7-5) 6-2.

Amanmuradova is ranked 113 in the world but overcame world number 55 Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan on Saturday 6-4 7-6 (7-3) to give herself a chance of winning a first ever WTA Tour title.