Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia has beaten qualifier Elise Mertens of Belgium 6-1 6-3 to reach the Connecticut Open final.

Cibulkova is looking for her first title of the season in the final tune-up before the US Open, which begins Monday. She will face the winner of the semifinal between top-seeded defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska and Australia’s Daria Gavrilova.

Second seed Cibulkova, the world No.11, broke Mertens five times in the 70-minute match. This will be her first final in eight appearances in New Haven.

Mertens, who won her first career title in Hobart in January, went up a break early in the second set, but gave back that advantage on her next serve. She lost the seventh game of the set on a double fault and was broken again to close the match.