Kim Clijsters beat Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 on Saturday to advance to the final of the Gaz de France.

The top-seeded Clijsters, in her comeback tournament at home after being sidelined 10 weeks with a left wrist injury, will defend her title Sunday against first-time finalist Kaia Kanepi of Estonia.

Kanepi, a qualifier, reached the final by beating Michaella Krajicek of the Netherlands 6-4, 6-4 in the semifinals.

``Unbelievable,'' Kanepi said of her week. ``I'm in my first WTA final ever and I have never played a top-10 player before.''

Clijsters is favoured to win her 33rd career title, and third this year.

When asked what she knew about Kanepi, Clijsters quipped, ``She is tall. To be honest, when I saw her on my first day of training here, I was really impressed. I was wondering, does she really belong in qualifying?''