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Zvonreva into final round
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Published 21/02/2004 at 10:25 GMT
Memphis top seed Vera Zvonareva will play defending champion Lisa Raymond in Sunday's final after the Russian beat doubles partner Maria Sharapova 7-6 (7-5) 6-2.
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Zvonereva was broken as she served for the first set and had to fight her way back from 4-1 down in the tiebreak.
The 19-year-old then broke Sharapova to take a 3-1 lead in the second set and lost only one more game on her way to victory.
In the opposite half of the draw second seed Raymond cruised past fourth-seed Laura Granville 6-3 6-0.
"It feels great to be in the final again," Raymond told reporters after her match.
"Any time you can come back and play as well as you have in previous years at the tournament, it's very gratifying and hopefully I can win for a third time."
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