World champion Ayumi Uekusa produced a superb performance to reach the final of the over-68 kilograms category.

She will now face unheralded 21-year-old Bulgarian Aleksandra Stubleva in tomorrow's final.

There were more of a surprise in the under 84kg men's kumite division as world champion Ryutaro Araga of Japan crashed out.

Russia's Ilya Granovesov will face Ivan Kvesic of Croatia in the final.

United States' team captain Thomas Scott was another star on the second day of competition.

He reached a second successive Premier League final in the under-75kg kumite event after a silver medal in Rotterdam.

Italy's world bronze medallist Luigi Busa stands in his way in the gold medal bout.

Ingrida Suchankova of Slovakia revived her Grand Final winning form of last year in the women's under-61kg kumite by setting up a final with Anita Serogina of Ukraine.

European champion Elena Quirici of Switzerland will face rising star Iryna Zaretska of Azerbaijan at under-68kg.

Action continues in Dubai tomorrow.