Stanford, July 30 :

Defending champion Kim Clijsters saved a set point then rolled past Czech Nicole Vaidisova 7-5, 6-2 to make her fifth straight final at the Bank of the West Classic on Saturday.

Clijsters will face second-seeded Patty Schnyder, a 7-6 (4), 6-1 winner over unseeded Tatiana Golovin of France to set up the first Stanford final between the top two seeds in two years. Clijsters and Schnyder haven’t played since the 2005 Berlin Open, where Clijsters retired with a knee injury.