Top seed
Nadia Petrova and No. 3 seed Francesca Sciavone advanced to the final Saturday at the WTA stop in Amelia Island.
Petrova stopped rising star and No. 15 seed
Lucie Safarova 6-3, 6-2, while Schiavone was handed her semifinal win when No. 5 seed and former US Open winner
Svetlana Kuznetsova retired trailing 7-6(2), 3-2 with a leg injury sustained in the opening set.
For Schiavone it is her second final of the year after Sydney where she lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne.
Schiavone has won all four career meetings against Petrova.
