Wimbledon: Petra Kvitova beats Lucie Safarova to reach women's final

Former champion Petra Kvitova beat fellow Czech Lucie Safarova in straight sets on Thursday to enter the Wimbledon final.

Sixth seed Kvitova won 7-6 (8-6) 6-1 in the first all-Czech semi-final at a Grand Slam.

The 2011 champion will now face either third seed Simona Halep or 13th seed Eugenie Bouchard in Saturday's final, and is hoping to win a second Grand Slam title.

Kvitova and Safarova are good friends, Fed Cup team-mates and train at the same club in Prostejov.

At 24, Kvitova was the younger by three years, but the senior partner in terms of achievement.

A Grand Slam winner already, she had a 5-0 record against Safarova, a heavier serve and more potent attacking game - but Safarova was far from overawed on her Centre Court debut.

According to the BBC, Kvitova gave her familiar yelp of delight after entering second Grand Slam final.