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Zakopalova, Kleybanova in Korea final
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September 26, 2010, Sunday
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TOP seeded Nadia Petrova withdrew from the semifinals of the Korea Open in Seoul yesterday to leave her Czech opponent Klara Zakopalova with a place in the final against Alisa Kleybanova of Russia.
Petrova was trailing 4-5 in the opening set when the Russian decided that she couldn't continue due to illness, putting the 39th-ranked Zakopalova into today's decider at Seoul Olympic Park.
Fifth-seeded Kleybanova defeated Hungary's Agnes Szavay, seeded eighth, 6-3, 6-2 in the other semifinal.
Kleybanova's first set lasted 62 minutes, partly due to her needing six deuces in the opening game to hold her serve.
"In the first set, especially at the beginning of the set for a couple of games, we had many deuces and advantages. It was tough, really tough," Kleybanova said. "I wasn't thinking about winning or losing, though, I just tried to focus on each point."
The 28th-ranked Russian is aiming for her second career title after winning in Kuala Lumpur earlier this year.
In Uzbekistan, Alla Kudryavtseva has won her first WTA Tour title, beating Elena Vesnina 6-4, 6-4 in an all-Russian final at the Tashkent Open. Seventh-seeded Kudryavtseva, beaten finalist in Guangzhou, China, last Sunday, broke fourth-seeded Vesnina in the seventh game of the first set.
After an exchange of breaks midway through the second set, Kudryavtseva broke again in the seventh game and closed the match, firing an ace on the first of her two match points.
It was Vesnina's second defeat in a final this season. She was beaten by another compatriot, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, in Istanbul in July.
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