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Australian Samantha Stosur defeated Sorana Cirstea 6-3, 6-2 in the semi final of the LA Tennis Open in Los Angeles. The 13th seed will face Flavia Pennetta of Italy in the final who defeated Maria Sharapova in the other semifinal 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Stosur saved bith the break points that she had to face and broke her opponent 3 times to win the match. Italian 10 seed Flavia Pennette is on a giant killing streak defeating Nadia Petrova and Maria Sharapova in her last to rounds.
Stosur will hope to win her first WTA tour title on sunday. She has 21-13 record this year and in her wins there is one over Serena Williams last week. Pennatta has won 7 titles till now and would love to add one more in her kitty. She won her last title in Palermo in july 2009. These two players have not yet met each other on the WTA tour.
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