MANHATTAN BEACH, California Monica Seles stormed into her second consecutive WTA tour final by beating top seed Martina Hingis 6-3 1-6 6-4 on Saturday night in the semifinals of the $565,000 Los Angeles Women's Classic.

The sixth seeded Seles will be attempting to win her fourth title here -- and the $90,000 winner's check -- when she faces local favorite and second seed Lindsay Davenport in the final.

Davenport was in imperious form in her semifinal, needing only 47 minutes to crush fifth seed Nathalie Tauziat of France 6-1 6-2, Reuters reported.

"After coming off such a long layoff you're not sure what's going to happen," said Seles, who had a five month layoff due to a stress reaction in her right foot.

"The last time I came off a long layoff before the French (Open) I played poorly, but now I am playing and moving well and I am not feeling any of my old injuries."

Seles fought well to take the opening set, but Switzerland's Hingis returned the favor in convincing fashion to set up a decider.

In the third set, Seles broke serve in the opening game and held off three break points in the next game en route to a 3-1 lead.

Hingis was unable to get another break point on Seles' final three service games as the American wrapped up the victory on her first match point when Hingis smacked a backhand service return over the baseline.