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Vol. 5 Num 835 Sun. October 01, 2006  
   
Sports


Sugiyama in final


Fourth seed Ai Sugiyama of Japan and Greece's Eleni Daniilidou routed their semifinal opponents to book a showdown in Sunday's final of the 145,000-dollar Korea Open.

Sugiyama thrashed Spain's Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-0, 6-3 while Daniilidou dominated French third-seed Marion Bartoli 6-1, 6-0 at Seoul Olympic Park on Saturday.

"Mentally and physically I am feeling good. Daniilidou is playing really well and I am really looking forward to (Sunday's) final," Sugiyama said.

Ruano Pascual was slow on her feet and had none of the backhand accuracy that had worn down India's Sania Mirza in a three-hour epic the previous night.