Caroline Wozniacki [ Images ] gained a valuable confidence boost ahead of next week's French Open [ Images ] when she beat last year's Roland Garros [ Images ] winner Francesca Schiavone 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 in their Brussels Open semi-final on Friday.

The Danish world number one and Schiavone have both been in patchy form of late and Wozniacki outlasted the tiring Italian in an entertaining if error-strewn encounter.

Wozniacki will play China's Peng Shuai [ Images ] in Saturday's final before heading to Paris where she faces Japan's [ Images ] Kimiko Date-Krumm in the first round as she starts her bid for a first grand slam title.

Peng defeated number two seed Vera Zvonareva [ Images ] of Russia [ Images ] 6-3, 6-3 in the other semi-final in the Belgian capital.