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Bartoli among Bali semifinalists

BALI, Indonesia (UPI) -- Top-seeded Marion Bartoli used a straight-set win Friday to earn a spot in the semifinals of the Tournament of Champions in Indonesia.

Bartoli defeated seventh-seeded Shahar Peer 6-3, 6-2 while dropping just 14 points over eight service games in winning her group's round-robin play. She won 60 percent of the points in the match, including more than half of those when Peer was serving.

Bartoli will face 12th-seeded Kimiko Date Krumm in Saturday's semifinals. Date Krumm advanced when third-seeded Yanina Wickmayer withdrew due to an alleged doping violation. Wickmayer, who denied any wrongdoing and said she would appeal the finding, failed to keep Belgium anti-doping officials updated on her whereabouts.

Her withdrawal meant Date Krumm's earlier win over Anabel Medina Garrigues assured Date Krumm a semifinal slot. Medina Garrigues lost 2-6, 6-1, 7-5 Friday to Vera Dushevina, who replaced Wickmayer in the field.

Saturday's other semifinal sends 10th-seeded Aravane Rezai, who locked up a spot Thursday, against sixth-seeded Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, who advanced with a 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 upset Friday of No. 2-seeded Samantha Stosur.

Copyright 2009 by United Press International

This news arrived on: 11/06/2009

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