Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys will meet in an all-American women's U.S. Open final on Saturday.
Stephens, 24, entered August ranked outside the top-900 in the world after she had foot surgery in January. Stephens beat four seeded players to reach the final, most recently topping 37-year-old and No. 9 seed Venus Williams 6-1, 0-6, 7-5 in a semifinal match on Thursday. By reaching the final, Stephens is projected to move to No. 21 in the rankings and would move to No. 15 with a victory over Keys.
Keys, 22, had little trouble in pushing aside fellow American CoCo Vandeweghe in her semifinal match, winning 6-2, 6-1.