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Monfils, Monaco to lock horns in final
ISTANBUL: Russian top seed Maria Sharapova was dumped out of the 200,000-dollar WTA tournament on Friday by Frenchwoman Aravane Rezai 6-2, 6-4. So Sharapova, second seed for next week’s French Open, was beaten by the 59th world-ranked player who at 20 has only been on the WTA tour for two years. Earlier in the tournament Rezai had also beaten American Venus Williams. Rezai will now meet Russia’s second seed Elena Dementieva, who beat Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, in the final. Results:Semi-finals: Aravane Rezai (FRA) bt Maria Sharapova (RUS x1) 6-2, 6-4; Elena Dementieva (RUS x2) bt Alona Bondarenko (UKR x5) 7-6 (7/5), 6-2. STRASBOURG (France): France’s top seed Amelie Mauresmo had to fight to beat compatriot Marion Bartoli 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 6-3 on Friday to move into the final of the WTA tournament. Mauresmo will face Spain’s Anabel Medina Garrigues who earned a walkover against gastro-enteritis victim Jelena Jankovic of Serbia. Mauresmo said she still had some work to do to fine tune her preparations for next week’s French Open. “I have to get my act together mentally because I haven’t always been concentrating well this week,” Mauresmo said. “My backhand slice in particular has not been up to par.” She had an appendix operation in Feb and though she has made progress since, she is unlikely to be in the best of form for Roland Garros. “I am still looking for more consistency and though things are getting better, I’m still a little behind schedule,” she added. Results: Semi-finals: Amelie Mauresmo (FRA x1) bt Marion Bartoli (FRA x5) 6-3, 6-7 (1/7), 6-3; Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP x6) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x2) walkover. —Agencies
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