Alize Cornet is one step away from the first singles title of her career after the second-seeded Frenchwoman advanced to the final of the Gaz de France Grand Prix on Saturday with a dominating 6-1 6-1 victory over Hungary's Greta Arn.

Alize Cornet won six straight games after losing her opening serve.

"It was not as easy as the score suggests," Cornet said. "Greta played well but I won because I focused on every point, which was not easy in this heat."

In Sunday's final, the second-seeded Frenchwoman will face Andreja Klepac of Slovenia, who outlasted Karolina Sprem of Croatia 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.

"I'm very glad to have this match in my bag today," Klepac said. "I had difficult moments but I managed to recover."

Temperatures on the court in both matches reached 38 C.


(source Canadian Press, photo/AP Photo/Szilard Koszticsak)

Alize Cornet and Andreja Klepac in Budapest GP final