UPDATE 1-Serena sets up final with Kuznetsova
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Serena Williams set up a final showdown with US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova after the American overcame a tearful Vera Zvonareva 6-2 6-3 at the China Open on Saturday.
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Serena Williams will meet Maria Sharapova in the last four after a 6-2 6-2 win over Amelie Mauresmo.
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LOS ANGELES Serena Williams gets a shot at closing out her tennis season with a big victory. She beat Amelie Mauresmo (AM&#39;-uh-lee maw-REHS&#39;-moh) 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 today in the semifinals of the WTA Championships in Los Angeles.
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Serena Williams ended Amelie  Mauresmo's hopes of grabbing the year-end number one ranking by  beating the Frenchwoman 4-6, 7-6, 6-4 in the semi-finals of the  WTA Tour Championships Sunday.
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Serena Williams saves three match points and outslugs Maria Sharapova 2-6, 7-5, 8-6 Thursday to advance to the final at the Australian Open.
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LOS ANGELES : France&#39;s Amelie Mauresmo has booked her berth in the semi-finals of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia.
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MELBOURNE, Australia  - Svetlana Kuznetsova  shrugged off the doping controversy clouding her Australian  Open campaign to reach the third round Wednesday and was  swiftly joined by men's champion Roger Federer and Serena  Williams.
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It was the US Open all over again Saturday at the WTA stop in Beijing: Serena Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova working their way toward the final, and Russian Vera Zvonareva breaking down in tears during her match.
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Top seed Serena Williams fought off a  championship point before claiming a gritty 4-6, 7-5, 6-4  victory over Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final of the  China Open on Sunday.
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Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Wildly-popular Russian Maria Sharapova and American superstar Serena Williams will tangle in Monday night&#39;s blockbuster title match at the $3 million season-ending WTA Tour Championships.
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Serena Williams has her sights set on  regaining the world number one ranking after staging a  miraculous comeback to beat Lindsay Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 in  the Australian Open final Saturday.
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Serena Williams shrugged off the searing heat and beat second-ranked Amelie Mauresmo, 6-2, 6-2, today to set up a semifinal showdown against Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova at the Australian Open.
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Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova shrugged  off the doping row which has clouded her Australian Open  campaign to follow sizzling former champion Serena Williams  into the third round Wednesday.
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The US Open plays host to two Russia v America clashes when the women&#39;s semi-finals get underway on Friday. Fifth seed Lindsay Davenport, the highest-ranked player still in the tournament, takes on Russia&#39;s ninth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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Lindsay Davenport will have an advantage over Vera Zvonareva when the pair meet in the final of the Western &amp; Southern Financial Group Women&#39;s Open in Cincinnati.
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Teen-ager Maria Sharapova capped her stunning year by overcoming an injured Serena Williams, 4-6, 6-2, 6-4, in the final of the season-ending WTA Tour Championships Monday.
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By Richard Drew, AP. Kuznetsova, the ninth seed from Russia, reached her first Grand Slam final with a stunning 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 triumph over fifth-seeded American Davenport in the semifinals of the US Open.