Friday, August 24, 2007

Fish, Kuznetsova in finals

Svetlana Kuznetsova and Mardy Fish punched their tickets to Saturday's final.

Kuznetsova, the top seed on the women's side, was defeating fellow Russian Elena Dementieva 4-6, 6-3, 3-0 when Dementieva retired because of nauseous.

Fish followed on Stadium Court and defeated Ivo Karlovic 7-6, 6-4 to advance to the men's final, his first final of the year.

The fourth-seeded doubles team of Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski reached the men's doubles final for the second year with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Jamie Murray and Jordan Kerr.

The women's singles semifinal between Eleni Daniilidou and Anges Szavay will begin at 7 followed by the men's semi featuring 2005 champion James Blake and Paul-Henri Mathieu.