Russian fourth seed Maria Sharapova will meet third seed Victoria Azarenka in the Australian Open women’s final on Saturday night.

Sharapova, who won the event in 2008, earned her spot with a 6-2 3-6 6-4 semi-final win over world No.2 Petra Kvitova on Thursday.

Earlier in the day, Belarusian Azarenka qualified for her first grand slam final with a 6-4 1-6 6-3 semi-final win over defending champion Kim Clijsters.