Former Australian Open champion Madison Keys will face German veteran Tatjana Maria in the Eastbourne final after the pair benefited from their opponents’ retirements on Friday.<\/p>\n
American second seed Keys<\/a> won the first set of her semi-final 6-1<\/a> before Croatian Petra Marcinko<\/a> pulled out ahead of the second set.<\/p>\n The 31-year-old, who won the Australian Open last year, is into her first final since finishing as the Trophee Clarins runner-up in Paris in May.<\/p>\n Keys is hoping to win the Eastbourne crown for a third time, with her first WTA title coming at the Wimbledon warm-up event 12 years ago.<\/p>\n Maria<\/a>, 38, took her opening set 6-1<\/a> against Jelena Ostapenko<\/a> in the other semi-final and was 2-1 down in the second set when the Latvian third seed withdrew.<\/p>\n The world number 112 won the grass-court tournament at Queen’s Club last year and is one victory away from another triumph on the surface after reaching her first final in 2026.<\/p>\n Keys, ranked 27th, was beaten by Maria in the Queen’s semi-finals in 2025.<\/p>\n Follow the Eastbourne final with Flashscore.<\/a><\/p>\n Humbert and Bergs set up men’s final<\/p>\n In the men’s tournament at Eastbourne, French sixth seed Ugo Humbert<\/a> and Belgium’s Zizou Bergs<\/a> ruined hopes of an all-British final.<\/p>\n World number 30 Humbert denied injury-plagued Jack Draper<\/a> – playing in his first tournament since April – as he powered to a 7-5, 6-3<\/a> in sweltering conditions on the south coast.<\/p>\n Former world number four Draper, who is being coached by two-time Wimbledon champion Andy Murray<\/a>, had been bidding to reach a first final since last year’s Madrid Open.<\/p>\n Bergs, ranked 48th, fought back from a set down to defeat world number 142 Toby Samuel<\/a> 4-6, 7-6(5), 6-2<\/a> in the other semi-final.<\/p>\n