Maria Sharapova reached her 1st claycourt final on Saturday after 16th seeded American Lindsay Davenport withdrew from their scheduled match due to illness. Maria was 0-3 career in claycourt semifinals prior to the walkover win at this 600,000 dollar clay court event.

The top seed will be after her third title of the year and the 19th of her career on Sunday when she faces Dominika Cibulkova. Maria has never played the 34th-ranked Slovak before who is appearing in her maiden WTA Tour final on Sunday.