Zvonareva to meet Radwanska in Tokyo final
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Vera Zvonareva beat Wimbledon champion Petra 6 (7-2), 6-0 on Friday to reach the final at the $2.05 million Pan Pacific Open tennis event.
The fourth-seeded Zvonareva dropped five of the first six games in the opening set before rallying to make it 5-5. The Russian eventually won in a tiebreak, then cruised in the second set to close out the match on the hardcourts at Ariake Colosseum in one hour, 30 minutes.
Zvonareva broke the fifth-seeded Czech six times to advance to her fourth final of the year. She titled in Doha and Baku, raising her career total to 12.
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In Saturday's final, Zvonareva will face Agnieszka Radwanska after the ninth- seeded Pole outlasted third-seeded Belarusian Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Radwanska bested Zvonareva in August's Carlsbad final to capture her fifth career title.
The 2011 champion here will collect $360,000.