schiavone to serve first

decent rally, schiavone shot called long, overruled, replay

schiavone hits a fh wide, 1-0

chip/drop shot return from schiavone, dementieva gets to it and hits an outright fh winner on the line, 2-0

schiavone hits a pretty inside out forehand to push dementieva off the court, easy volley for 2-1

unreturnable, 2-2

dementieva drop shots, schiavone gets to it, and then dementieva hits a fh long, 3-2

schiavone turns defense into offense (really both players have been trying to force this all set long) and forces some ugly elena shots, 4-2 schiavone at the change over

dementieva hits a bh long, 5-2

ace from schiavone, 6-2

nice bh volley from dementieva, 6-3

dementieva pushs a bh wide and schiavone takes the first set 7-6(3)

and dementieva has quit! schiavone is into the final!

dementieva simply walked up to her after the breaker and conceded the match

i guess we wait for jankovic and stosur to take the court to see who faces schiavone

stosur has broken and held for a 4-1 lead

stosur easily takes the first set in 25 minutes, 6-1, with some good serving and a flurry of jankovic errors

This post was edited by devilsvex on Jun 3 2010 08:16am

jankovic breaks to 2-0, serving at 40-15, and then loses 4 straight points

2-1

stosur saves 3 bps to hold to 2-2, and then breaks to 3-2 at love

stosur now to serve for the match at 5-2

jankovic has seemed a step and a half slow all match, going for her shots and missing most of them

stosur takes it 6-1, 6-2

jankovic had numerous chances in the match though, up 0-30 on stosurs opening service game, wasted a load of game/break points

True, a bit of a disappointment really. But we're set for an intense final match up. I'll go ahead and pick Stosur, more so since I want her to win than anything else. Although, it's likely we'll see some chokes if she does take an early lead.

4-2 Robin