Radwanska to face Craybas in Pattaya Open final

PATTAYA, Thailand (Reuters) - Polish teenager Agnieszka Radwanska dismissed Russian Ekaterina Bychkova 6-1 6-1 in under an hour on Saturday to line up a Pattaya Open final against American Jill Craybas.

Even under the afternoon sun, the top seed barely broke into a sweat in their semi-final, zipping through both sets in just 54 minutes to reach the third final of her career.

Bychkova's powerful serves and heavy groundstrokes failed to make an impression on Radwanska, who returned almost everything the unseeded Russian sent towards her and double-faulted only once in the match.

"It was pretty easy, I think she was tired from her quarter-final match," the 18-year-old Radwanska told reporters.

"She was serving well but she wasn't moving very good. My first few matches this week were the hardest. Today, I felt much better."

She will now play seventh-seeded Craybas, who beat towering Uzbek Akgul Amanmuradova 6-4 6-0.

Craybas, 30 centimetres shorter than her opponent, survived a torrent of fierce, high-bouncing returns to take the first set before racing through the second to reach her first final since winning the 2002 Tokyo Open.

"It feels good to get to a final again, I feel excited, but I have to follow my game plan," Craybas told reporters.

"We'll see how it goes tomorrow. We're both fighters and we're both consistent, it should be a good match."