Vergeer secured her spot in the final with a comfortable 6-0 6-1 win in her semi-final against another fellow Dutch player Aniek van Koot, the world number six. 

The win sees Vergeer chalk up her 389th successive singles victory as her unprecedented winning streak, which has lasted over seven years.

Griffioen booked her spot in the final against Vergeer as she bought an abrupt was end the impressive run of Britain’s Jordanne Whiley with a 6-0 6-0 victory. 

The out-of-sorts British number two, who was competing in her very first Super Series semi-final, unable to rediscover the kind of form that saw her knock out two seeds on her way to the semi final but the 18-year-old will no doubt walk away stronger from the experience.

Meanwhile, American world number two and top seed David Wagner will face Sweden’s world number three Johan Andersson in the quad singles final.

Wagner defeated world number five Sarah Hunter 6-4 7-6 in his quad singles semi-finals while Andersson beat former British Open champion Shraga Weinberg of Israel to secure a 6-3, 6-3 victory and his final berth.

Wagner, who will start the final as favourite, said: "After losing to Sarah at the Swiss Open I was very pleased with that today and I have to say that it was a quality tennis match and definitely one of the most enjoyable matches I’ve had the pleasure of being involved in the last few years."

British number one Lucy Shuker (pictured) maintains hopes of a British main draw champion at this week’s event after partnering Frenchwoman Florence Alix-Gravellier to Sunday’s (July 25) women’s doubles final.

The second seeds beat the all-Dutch third seeds Marjolein Buis and Griffioen 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 in the semi-finals and now meet top seeds Annick Sevenans of Belgium and  van Koot of the Netherlands in the final. 

Sevenans and van Koot had a more straightforward victory in their semi-final after  beating German fourth seeds Sabine Ellerbrock and a Katharine Kruger 6-3 6-1.

There was something of an upset in the men’s main draw doubles semi-finals as third seeds Robin Ammerlaan and Rom Egberink outstayed reigning Doubles Masters champions Maikel Scheffers and Ronald Vink in a pulsating all-Dutch contest.

Ammerlaan, who recently won his third Wimbledon men’s wheelchair tennis doubles title, paired up with current world number one ranked junior players Egberink to secure a 6-3 3-6 6-4 victory.

Ammerlaan and Egberink will now play top seeds Stephane Houdet of France and Satoshi Saida of Japan in tomorrow men’s main draw doubles final after Houdet and Saida beat French fourth seeds Frederic Cattaneo and Nicolas Peifer 7-6 6-0.

Saturday’s penultimate day of play at the 21st British Open will also feature the men’s singles semi-finals and the quad doubles semi-finals while the day will also include a visit from Mandeville, the mascot for the London 2012 Paralympics. 

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