From BBC News
Victoria Azarenka booked her place in the final of the Kremlin Cup with a 6-3 6-3 win over Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in Moscow.
The Belarussian, in her fourth final of the year, will play Maria Kirilenko, who beat Vera Dushevina 6-1 6-1.
Azarenka is chasing her fifth career win and second this year after beating Maria Sharapova in Stanford in July.
The 21-year-old has already qualified for next week's season-ending WTA Tour championships in Doha.
Azarenka saved two break points in the opening game and did not face another one in the rest of the match. She broke the 28th-ranked Sanchez in the sixth game of the first set and in the first and eighth games of the second.
"Sanchez is such a player that you never know what to expect from her," said Azarenka, who lost to the Spaniard twice earlier this season.
"I've chosen the right tactics against her today and didn't allow her to change the rhythm or advance to the net to attack as she likes doing. I've fought for every ball and that was the key to my victory."
On the men's front, Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas takes on Serbian Viktor Troicki in the first semi-final followed by fourth-seeded Cypriot Macos Baghdatis against Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin.
Victoria Azarenka booked her place in the final of the Kremlin Cup with a 6-3 6-3 win over Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez in Moscow.
The Belarussian, in her fourth final of the year, will play Maria Kirilenko, who beat Vera Dushevina 6-1 6-1.
Azarenka is chasing her fifth career win and second this year after beating Maria Sharapova in Stanford in July.
The 21-year-old has already qualified for next week's season-ending WTA Tour championships in Doha.
Azarenka saved two break points in the opening game and did not face another one in the rest of the match. She broke the 28th-ranked Sanchez in the sixth game of the first set and in the first and eighth games of the second.
"Sanchez is such a player that you never know what to expect from her," said Azarenka, who lost to the Spaniard twice earlier this season.
"I've chosen the right tactics against her today and didn't allow her to change the rhythm or advance to the net to attack as she likes doing. I've fought for every ball and that was the key to my victory."
On the men's front, Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas takes on Serbian Viktor Troicki in the first semi-final followed by fourth-seeded Cypriot Macos Baghdatis against Uzbekistan's Denis Istomin.
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