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Schiavone to face Bondarenko in Luxembourg final

Fifth-seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone will face Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko in the final of the US$600,000 Fortis Championship.

Bondarenko beat the Czech Republic's Kveta Peschke 6-3, 5-7, 7-5 in just more than two hours to reach her first WTA final this year. Schiavone then outlasted Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5, 2-6, 6-1.

Schiavone will attempt to win her first tournament this year
after losing finals in Sydney and Amelia Island.

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