Dechy Exit Leads to All-Unseeded Final at WTA Strasbourg

It will be an all-unseeded final at the WTA stop in Strasbourg on Saturday after Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues upset No. 1 seed Nathalie Dechy, and Poland's Marta Domachowska defeated Dally Randriantefy in the Friday semifinals, both in straight sets.

"Dechy plays on the baseline and she loves to play fast, so I tried to put the balls high for her and she didn't seem to like it," Medina Garrigues said. "I knew if I played well, I could defeat her."

Medina Garrigues is seeking her third career WTA Tour singles title, winning in 2001 and last year at Palermo, Saturday against the schoolgirl Domachowska.

"I didn't practice too much in the last couple of weeks because of my exams, so I was not expecting to be in the final here," said the 19-year-old Domachowska, who just completed high school. "I tried to avoid long rallies, be aggressive and make her run."

Medina Garrigues won their only other career meeting easily earlier this year at Indian Wells.

"I can only hope she is as tired as I am," Domachowska said. "I hope I can play better against her than the last time we met. She's tough to play against, especially on clay. It will be hard for me to stay aggressive, but I'm prepared to do my best."

In the doubles final, Domachowska and Marlene Weingartner will face Rosa Maria Andres and Andreea Vanc.