Davenport Vacation Continues in WTA Bali Final

The exotic resort location of the WTA stop in Bali has provided the perfect relaxation experience, along with the occasional tennis match, this week for American Lindsay Davenport, who on Saturday put in roughly an hour of work in dispatching of China's Li Na 6-2, 6-2 to advance into the final.

"It was the kind of tennis I wanted to play," Davenport said. "Even a few balls that I missed, I thought I struck the ball well, better than the other nights. I knew that she liked to dictate play so I was trying to overpower her and hit the ball hard and not let her have a lot of time."

The only Top 10 player this week in Bali, Davenport has had a laid-back week that shouldn't get any more difficult when she faces Italy's Francesca Schiavone Sunday in the final.

Schiavone advanced into the final when Switzerland's Patty Schnyder retired in the third set with heat exhaustion, though temperatures failed to top 90 degrees.

"I started to feel unwell at the beginning of the second set, after two or three games," Schnyder said. "I was feeling dizzy like I couldn't coordinate what my legs and what my hands were doing. I felt like a beginner out there."

For a while it appeared it might be a battle of attrition to see which player retired first, with Schiavone making numerous unforced errors and dragging herself around the court after coming off a long three-set quarterfinal win Friday.

"It is very, very hot," Schiavone said. "The humidity is high. For me too it was not easy. You have to change your shirt, you have to drink correct, eat correct, sleep correct. To stay here is wonderful, but you have to follow every step."

Schiavone will have to gather her reserves on Sunday to face Davenport, who she lost to easily in their only previous encounter at 2004 Moscow.