KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) _ Justine Henin raised a fist, shook it and punched the balmy air Thursday after reaching the Key Biscayne final for the first time by beating Anna Chakvetadze 6-2, 6-3 at the Sony Ericsson Open.

The top-ranked Henin is a five-time Grand Slam champion, but until this year she had never advanced beyond the quarter-finals at Key Biscayne. The Belgian says she dislikes the island's windy conditions and tends to play poorly in March because it's the anniversary of her mother's death.

Henin's opponent in the final Saturday will be the winner of the semifinal Thursday night between three-time champion Serena Williams and No. 14-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel.

Henin barely survived the third round, overcoming a 5-1 deficit in the third set to beat Virginie Razzano, but she took charge from the start against the ninth-seeded Chakvetadze.

The latest Russian to crack the women's top 10, Chakvetadze played tentatively early and lost the first set in 33 minutes. In the second set, serving at 40-0, she lost five consecutive points to fall behind 2-0.

Henin hit consecutive aces to close out the next game, and saved some of her most aggressive groundstrokes for the final few games. Chakvetadze lost 20 of 35 points on her first serve and was broken five times.

Henin, who skipped the Australian Open in January because she was going through a divorce, improved to 15-1 this year.

She is seeded second but reclaimed the top ranking last week from Maria Sharapova and will remain No. 1 next week.