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Mauresmo, Bovina advance to Linz final Top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo rallied past Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 Saturday to advance to the Generali Ladies Open final against Elena Bovina. Bovina, seeded ninth, defeated Nadia Petrova, seeded fifth, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (3) in an all-Russian semifinal.
Jankovic need a medical break at the start of the third set because of an inflamed right shoulder. Mauresmo then broke the Serb twice for a 4-0 lead.
Mauresmo began well against Jankovic, breaking her first service game and pull ahead 3-0. Jankovic, however, regrouped and took the set after twice breaking the Olympic silver medalist from France. In the second set, Mauresmo broke Jankovic at 3-2 and went on to capture the set.
"I had so many occasions in the first set and really felt I would be able to control it," Mauresmo said.
In the other semifinal, Bovina was aggressive from the outset against Petrova, who was hoping to avenge her loss in last year's Linz final.
But Petrova responded and evened the match in the second set. The third set went to a tiebreaker, where Bovina was in command from the baseline. |
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