Rubin meets
\nDementieva in
\nfinal match<\/p>\n
Agence France-Presse
\nNusa Dua, Bali<\/p>\n
Top seed Chanda Rubin will face second seed Elena Dementieva
\nin a United States versus Russia singles final of the WTA
\ntournament here on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Rubin fought her way into Sunday's US$225,000 championship
\nmatch by defeating Japan's Saori Obata, 6-2, 7-5, while
\nDementieva advanced with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Maria Vento-Kabchi
\nof Venezuela.<\/p>\n
Rubin, who beat Dementieva at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, said
\nshe is looking forward to Sunday's game.<\/p>\n
"Elena is an aggressive player. It will be a great match," she
\ntold reporters.<\/p>\n
Dementieva won her match against Vento-Kabchi in 76 minutes
\nbut the Venezuelan managed a good fight in the beginning of both
\nsets.<\/p>\n
The Russian said she won because she managed to control the
\nflow of the game after falling behind 1-4 in the first set.<\/p>\n
"I tried to slow down the tempo when she (Vento-Kabchi) was
\nwinning 4-1 and I won. After that I felt more comfortable,"
\nDementieva told reporters.<\/p>\n
Had Vento-Kabchi won her game against Dementieva, she would
\nhave given Rubin a chance to redeem herself after losing to
\nVento-Kabchi at the US Open.<\/p>\n
The Venezuelan's efforts were rewarded, however, when she and
\nher Indonesian partner Angelique Widjaja won the doubles title by
\ndefeating France's Emilie Loit and Nicole Pratt of Australia, 7-
\n5, 6-2 in 87 minutes.<\/p>\n
Vento-Kabchi, who reached the doubles quarterfinals of
\nWimbledon and the US Open with Angelique, said she was ecstatic
\nwith the win.<\/p>\n
"We have always come very close to winning a tournament and
\ntoday we won. I'm very happy," she said.<\/p>\n
Angelique, who has two career singles titles and was the 2001
\njunior singles champion at Wimbledon, said the pair were able to
\nwin because they were the most aggressive on court.<\/p>\n
Vento-Kabchi and Angelique pocketed $10,500 while Loit and
\nPratt received $5,600 from the tournament.<\/p>\n
In Brussels, world number one Kim Clijsters and her entourage
\nhave decided to snub the Belgian press, it was announced on the
\nwebsite of the US Open finalist on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The decision comes in the wake of controversy the day after
\nher defeat in the US Open final to compatriot Justine Henin-
\nHardenne last Sunday when Flemish media used comments of father
\nLeo Clijsters pointing out the physical strength of Henin and
\nimplying doping.<\/p>\n
A statement on www.kimclijsters.be. said: "In agreement with
\nKim Clijsters, she and her entourage have decided not to talk to
\nthe press for an unspecified period of time.<\/p>\n
"A list will be published on the website of people to whom
\nthey still wish to talk."<\/p>\n
Leo Clijsters has since said that comments attributed to him
\nwere wrong.<\/p>\n
"It seems clear that several newspapers and magazines will
\nfrom now on be persona non grata because of their offensive
\ncontent and other sensational articles," he said.<\/p>",
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