Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Sports Network) - Romania's Irina-Camelia Begu and Croatian qualifier Donna Vekic won their respective semifinal matches on Friday at the Tashkent Open.

Begu upset second-seeded Urszula Radwanska 6-3, 6-3 to secure a spot in her first final of the year.

Meanwhile, Vekic outlasted Eva Birnerova, last year's Tashkent runner-up, by a 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 margin to reach the first title match of her career.

The 16-year-old Vekic is the youngest player to reach a WTA final since 2006 when Tamira Paszek (at age 15) won the title at Portoroz.

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