Hobart: Canada's Eugenie Bouchard will play Alize Cornet of France in the final of the Hobart International after overcoming the top remaining seed Dominika Cibulkova in Friday's semi-final.

The former world number five showed glimpses of her best form to claim a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory over third seeded Cibulkova of the Slovak Republic in two hours to reach the final. Seventh seed Cornet breezed past Sweden's Johanna Larsson 6-1, 6-1 in the other semi-final to reach Saturday's final in just 54 minutes.