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 | Azarenka - Kvitova is final in Istanbul29-10-2011 |
Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) qualified for the finals of the WTA Championships in Istanbul with a prize fund 4.9 million dollars. In the final Kvitova will play Victoria Azarenka (Belarus), which won against Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 6-2, 6-3. The semifinals 21-year-old Czech woman wins champion of U.S. Open Samantha Stosur (Australia) with 5:7, 6:3, 6:3 after the 2:05 game. Kvitova lost contested first set, which lasted 57 minutes, but in the next two sets lost only three games. Czech woman, who is No. 3 in world rankings, make five of 11 break opportunities and conceded three. In the third set decisively Czech player 5-0 lead. Stosur won the next three games. Kvitova won the match in his first machbol after the ball met the net after a backhand shot from Stosur. For it is Kvitova debut WTA final tournament of the season. It is the first Czech woman in the tournament since Jana Novotna in 1997. Czech woman, which began the year as number 34 in the world, winning the title tomorrow will make 1.75 million dollars in prize money and will end the year as No. 2 in the world rankings. Stosur for the second consecutive year, fell in the semifinals of the WTA tournament. In the other semifinal Azarenka beat Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 6-2, 6-3 for 1:42. The fourth player in the scheme of Belarus made five breaks. In the second set she led 4-2 with the end of the game no problem. If Azarenka won tomorrow will finish the year as No. 2 in the world.