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Now Lina K and Alyona have reached the semifinals of the Toronto Tier 1 Tournament. Nobody should have ever thought Lina would even take a set from Kim, not to mention beating her, nor should anyone have high hope that she could capitalize this open-up draw and beat Srebotnik to reach her first Tier 1 SF. On the part of Alyona, I was hoping only she could win a game from Amelie after that loss in Paris, but this week she has been showing a flash of her successful year in 2000 when she beat Anastasia Myskina and Amelie Mauresmo in a row.
So the SF match-ups are:
Lina Krasnoroutskaya v Paola Suarez
Elena Dementieva [9] v Justine Henin-Hardenne [2]
I think Lina K should be safely into the final, provided that she will constantly stick to her own game plan and not be bothered by the varieties Paola possesses. For the second match, Elena was so close in beating Justine in San Diego. The facts that she could nearly beat Justine there and that she actually did beat her in Amelia Island are confidence booster for Elena. Justine will be aware of the dangerous Elena, but Elena's confidence is high and so can't expect an easy victory for Justine. The only disadvantages to Elena, which are also very decisive, are how long Elena will have to stay on court now for the Doubles match and the schedule of tomorrow.
My prediction: All Russian Final or Justine v Lina
So the SF match-ups are:
Lina Krasnoroutskaya v Paola Suarez
Elena Dementieva [9] v Justine Henin-Hardenne [2]
I think Lina K should be safely into the final, provided that she will constantly stick to her own game plan and not be bothered by the varieties Paola possesses. For the second match, Elena was so close in beating Justine in San Diego. The facts that she could nearly beat Justine there and that she actually did beat her in Amelia Island are confidence booster for Elena. Justine will be aware of the dangerous Elena, but Elena's confidence is high and so can't expect an easy victory for Justine. The only disadvantages to Elena, which are also very decisive, are how long Elena will have to stay on court now for the Doubles match and the schedule of tomorrow.
My prediction: All Russian Final or Justine v Lina