Saturday, June 18, 2011

Petra Kvitova sets up Eastbourne final against Marion Bartoli

? Kvitova is seeking her fourth WTA title of the year
? Final due to be played later on Saturday

The fifth seed Petra Kvitova will face sixth-seeded Marion Bartoli in the final of the Wimbledon warm-up at Eastbourne after both had relatively easy semi-final wins on Saturday.

Both matches were delayed after rain washed out play on Friday, and the final is due to be played later on Saturday.

Bartoli, who is seeded ninth at Wimbledon next week, beat the Australian Samantha Stosur 6-3, 6-1 with the 21-year-old always in control in the blustery conditions on England's south coast.

The left-handed Czech Kvitova, seeded eight at Wimbledon, led the in-form Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia 7-6 (9-7) before the match was halted in the second set, which she was leading 4-2, when Hantuchova retired with an abdominal strain.

Kvitova is seeking her fourth WTA title of the year.


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