[新聞]Schiavone crushes Dementieva in Kremlin Cup semi
Sat Oct 15, 2005 12:53 PM BST
By Gennady Fyodorov
MOSCOW, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Italy's Francesca Schiavone reached her
first Kremlin Cup final by crushing fourth seed Elena Dementieva
6-3 6-1 on Saturday and spoiling the Russian's 24th birthday.
The unseeded Italian, who already knocked out second seed Amelie
Mauresmo and 2004 U.S. Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova to reach
the last four, continued her giant-killing run at Moscow's Olympic
sports complex.
"I was very focused, very motivated and I had good tactics," said
Schiavone. "I was also very tough today just like when I played
Mauresmo and in my other matches here."
Schiavone took control at 3-3 in the first set when she won the
next seven games.
After wasting her first two match points Schiavone finally put
the home favourite out of her misery in just over an hour.
"I must admit, she surprised me a lot by playing such good tennis
today," said a visibly disappointed Dementieva who was looking
for her first Kremlin Cup crown after losing to her Fed Cup team
mate Anastasia Myskina in last year's final.
"She was hitting heavy top-spin balls which I could not get used
to. Somewhere midway through the first set I lost my rhythm and
could not find it until the end.
"I'm very disappointed not because today is my birthday but because
I felt like I had a very good chance to finally win this tournament
and I just couldn't come up with the goods."
Schiavone will now take either France's third seed Mary Pierce or
Russian teenager Dinara Safina, who were playing in the second
semi-final later on Saturday.
Schiavone admitted that she would be nervous no matter who she
would face in Sunday's final.
"Of course, I'll be nervous," said the 25-year-old Italian, who
is still looking for her first WTA title.
"Winning my first title is a big goal of mine and I've been working
very hard for that. Maybe I'll have my big moment tomorrow here."
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