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Kirilenko to face Vinci

Saturday 18 April 2009 22:23, UK

Image: Kirilenko: sixth seed

Defending champion Maria Kirilenko will face Italian Roberta Vinci in the final of the Barcelona WTA claycourt tournament.

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Defending champion Maria Kirilenko will face Italian Roberta Vinci in the final of the Barcelona WTA claycourt tournament. The Russian sixth seed beat Carla Suarez Navarro of Spain 4-6 6-1 6-2 in the semi-finals of the 220,000-dollar tournament on Saturday. Both women had played rain-delayed quarter-final matches earlier in the day, world number 37 Kirilenko defeating Spain's Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-1 3-6 6-0 and Suarez Navarro beating Germany's Tatjana Malek 6-4 6-0. Vinci, ranked 61 in the world, battled back from a dreadful start to defeat her compatriot Francesca Schiavone 0-6 7-6 (7/2) 6-4 in her semi-final.

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