All-Russian Final Looms at WTA Stockholm


Posted on August 13, 2005

No. 2 seed Anastasia Myskina defeated Swede Sofia Arvidsson 7-5, 6-2 Friday at the WTA stop in Stockholm, moving one step closer to a likely all-Russian final.

In the semis Myskina will face unseeded Frenchwoman Emilie Loit, who defeated Arantxa Parra Santonja 6-2, 7-5.

On the other side of the draw are Russian No. 3 seed Vera Douchevina (d. (6) Sucha from a set down), and (5) Katarina Srebotnik (d. (7) Castano from a set down).

Lining up for the Saturday semifinals are Loit vs. (2) Myskina (Russian lead career series 1-0), and (3) Douchevina vs. Srebotnik (Douchevina leads 1-0).
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2 Rafael Nadal2 Petra Kvitova
3 Roger Federer3 Maria Sharapova
4 Andy Murray4 Caroline Wozniacki
5 David Ferrer5 Samantha Stosur
6 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga6 Agnieszka Radwanska
7 Tomas Berdych7 Marion Bartoli
8 Mardy Fish8 Vera Zvonareva
9 Janko Tipsarevic9 Na Li
10 Juan Martin Del Potro10 Andrea Petkovic
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