Tashkent, Uzbekistan (Sports Network) - Third-seeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea and fourth-seeded German Sabine Lisicki both won on Saturday to advance to the final of the $145,000 Tashkent Open.

Lisicki bounced top-seeded Chinese Shuai Peng 5-7, 6-3, 6-4 on the hardcourts at Tashkent Tennis Centre.

Cirstea moved past fifth-seeded Slovakian Magdalena Rybarikova in a walkover after winning the first set 6-3.

The 2008 Tashkent champion will collect $22,925.