Hradecka to face Dushevina

The Czech Republic’s Lucie Hradecka will face Russian Vera Dushevina in tomorrow’s Istanbul Cup final.

The Czech Republic’s Lucie Hradecka will face Russian Vera Dushevina in tomorrow’s Istanbul Cup final.

Number eight seed Hradecka had a fight on her hands today, before edging past Germany’s world number 61 Andrea Petkovic 6-7 (7/5) 7-5 7-5.

But it was a much easier passage for Dushevina in the second semi-final against Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky, which took just under an hour-and-a-half and finished 6-2 6-4 and would have been wrapped up even sooner had the Russian not squandered three match points.

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