STUTTGART, Germany, May 2 - World number nine
Svetlana Kuznetsova marched into the Stuttgart Grand Prix final
on Saturday, crushing fellow Russian Elena Dementieva 6-4 6-2 in
just 67 minutes.
The former U.S. Open champion will now meet the winner of
the other semi-final between world number one Dinara Safina and
Italy's Flavia Pennetta.
Kuznetsova, the fifth seed, was dominant throughout and took
more chances than her second seeded opponent who littered the
clay court with errors.
Kuznetsova broke the 2008 Olympic champion twice in the
first set and gave the world number three no chance in the
second, racing to a a 3-0 lead and breaking again to win.
(Writing by Karolos Grohmann in Berlin, Editing by Alan
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