American fourth seed Jennifer Capriati powered to a 6-4 6-3 victory over top seed Martina Hingis this afternoon to reach the final of the French Open.
Capriati, the Australian Open champion, will play 12th-seeded Belgian Kim Clijsters on Saturday as the Swiss world number one again fell short in the one Grand Slam she has never won.
Capriati raced into a 4-1 lead in the first set before suffering a knee injury that required extensive court-side treatment.
She was able to continue but was moving gingerly as Hingis capitalised to recover to 4-4.
Capriati showed great resolve to save two break points in game nine, though, and broke Hingis in the next to clinch the set in 38 minutes, a stinging double-handed backhand forcing an error on the first of two break points.
Although still clearly feeling her injury, Capriati managed to stay ahead in the second set as Hingis struggled to achieve any consistency and the 25-year-old American clinched victory on her first match point in 76 minutes.
The last of Hingis's five Grand Slam titles was the 1999 Australian Open, while Capriati stayed on course to win all four Grand Slams in the same year.
Clijsters beat her 14th-seeded compatriot Justine Henin 2-6 7-5 6-3 earlier today.