Rebecca Llewellyn overcame fellow Briton Melanie South to book her place against South African Surena De Beer in today's ladies' singles final at North Oxford.

Seventh seend Llewellyn edged out South 7-6, 7-5 in a tight semi-final yesterday.

De Beer, the fifth seed, exhibited her grass-court prowess in a comprehensive 6-0, 6-2 win over unseeded Brit Alice Mackenzie, ending the Yorkshire player's fine run to the last four.

Llewellyn also booked her place in the final of the ladies' doubles event along with partner Anna Hawkins, of Wiltshire.

They will meet two other Brits - Melissa Berry and Holly Richards.

In the men's singles, former world no 98 Martin Lee showed signs of returning to his best form.

First, he defeated fifth seed Richard Bloomfield in three sets, and he then saw off Chris Lewis - surprise conqueror of Davis Cup hero and third seed David Sherwood, who is ranked 300 places above him at 257 - in straight sets.

In today's semi-final, Lee will face second seed Harsh Mankad.

The Indian Davis Cup player oozed class during his two wins yesterday to set up a mouth-watering clash.

In the top half of the draw, top seed Jamie Delgado was given a fright by Matt Smith in his quarter-final, before finally coming through in three tight sets.

He will face fourth seed Australian Nathan Healey, who cruised through his two matches yesterday.

Sherwood experienced further disappointment as he was also defeated in the doubles, going down in partnership with Ian Flanagan to Lee and Ross Hutchins.

The men's singles and doubles semi-finals, and the ladies' singles and doubles finals take place from 11am today.

Entrance is free.