Tennis: Davydenko and Dementieva through to finals
Published: 13 October, 2007, 22:04
Russia's Nikolay Davydenko and Elena Dementieva are through to the singles finals of the Kremlin Cup.
Davydenko beat Janko Tisparevich and will now defend his title against Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, who defeated Germany's Michael Berrer.
Dementieva, meanwhile, put a dominant display in her semi-final overwhelming Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-0.
Serena Williams also booked her place in the final knocking out the women’s defending champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova.
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