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Wozniacki, Lisicki to clash in the finals
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April 20, 2009, Monday
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CAROLINE Wozniacki advanced to the finals of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, on Saturday, fighting off a furious rally by Elena Dementieva to defeat the tournament's top seed 6-4, 5-7, 7-5.
Wozniacki now meets 16th-seeded Sabine Lisicki, who, after ousting Venus Williams earlier in the week, easily defeated sixth-seeded Marion Bartoli 6-3, 6-1 in the other semifinal.
Dementieva, ranked No. 3, saved three match points in the second set to force a third in a match that lasted almost three hours on the green clay.
Wozniacki, seeded fifth, was up 5-2 in the second set, serving for the match, when Dementieva broke her at love. Dementieva then won her next service game, fighting off three match points, and the following three games to force the third set. When she evened the set at 5-5, Wozniacki threw her racket in disgust.
But Wozniacki, an 18-year-old Dane ranked No. 12, prevailed on her fifth match point. Wozniacki is looking for her second straight tour victory after winning last week on clay at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Wozniacki said she was thinking too much about a victory when Dementieva staged a rally.
"I knew I had to close it out and, you know, I was a little bit nervous," she said. "She started to play some really good tennis, aggressive and doesn't make so many errors, and, you know, she wins the set..."
She said she hoped she would not be tired going into the final.
"It hasn't been a factor until now, and I've played quite a lot of matches, so I hope I can pull the last one through," she said.
But it could be a factor in the final, as Lisicki, the No. 63-ranked German with the blazing serve, needed only about an hour to defeat Bartoli.
The only meeting between Lisicki and Wozniacki was last year at the Australian Open, when Wozniacki won in three sets.
Wozniacki now meets 16th-seeded Sabine Lisicki, who, after ousting Venus Williams earlier in the week, easily defeated sixth-seeded Marion Bartoli 6-3, 6-1 in the other semifinal.
Dementieva, ranked No. 3, saved three match points in the second set to force a third in a match that lasted almost three hours on the green clay.
Wozniacki, seeded fifth, was up 5-2 in the second set, serving for the match, when Dementieva broke her at love. Dementieva then won her next service game, fighting off three match points, and the following three games to force the third set. When she evened the set at 5-5, Wozniacki threw her racket in disgust.
But Wozniacki, an 18-year-old Dane ranked No. 12, prevailed on her fifth match point. Wozniacki is looking for her second straight tour victory after winning last week on clay at Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida.
Wozniacki said she was thinking too much about a victory when Dementieva staged a rally.
"I knew I had to close it out and, you know, I was a little bit nervous," she said. "She started to play some really good tennis, aggressive and doesn't make so many errors, and, you know, she wins the set..."
She said she hoped she would not be tired going into the final.
"It hasn't been a factor until now, and I've played quite a lot of matches, so I hope I can pull the last one through," she said.
But it could be a factor in the final, as Lisicki, the No. 63-ranked German with the blazing serve, needed only about an hour to defeat Bartoli.
The only meeting between Lisicki and Wozniacki was last year at the Australian Open, when Wozniacki won in three sets.
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