NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Kim Clijsters advanced to her fourth U.S. Open final after winning a titanic centre court battle against Venus Williams. A third title is now within her reach.
The only person left standing in her way is Russia’s Vera Zvonareva, who upset the tournament’s number one seed Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 6-3 yesterday to reach her first singles final in New York. Clijsters had to work much harder to earn her place in today’s final but got there in the end, defeating the former world number one 4-6 7-6 6-4 after they slugged it out for almost two and a half hours.
The men’s singles semi-finals will be played this afternoon ahead of the women’s final, with world number one Rafa Nadal facing Mikhail Youzhny and five-time U.S. Open champion Roger Federer meeting Novak Djokovic.
