Sam Stosur

Stosur and Stubbs into doubles final

4 Jul 2009

Samantha Stosur and Rennae Stubbs will face three-time defending champions Venus and Serena Williams in the women’s doubles final.

The third-seeded Australians booked their place in the title match, which will take place on Saturday (early Sunday AEST), after upsetting Spanish No.2 seeds Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-7(3) 6-4 6-2 in Friday’s semifinal.

The Williams sisters, seeded fourth, beat top seeds Cara Black of Zimbabwe and American Liezel Huber 6-1 6-2.

The American siblings will face off in the women’s singles final before returning to Centre Court for the doubles.

Meanwhile, Bernard Tomic lost his boys’ semifinal to unseeded Russian Andrey Kuznetsov 6-3 7-6(6).

The Australian No.3 seed missed vital break-point opportunities in the first set.

When Kuznetsov grabbed a mini-break on Tomic’s set point in the second, the Russian had match point.

That sparked a war of attrition with a rally that lasted 45 strokes as both players refused to give up, but Kuznetsov prevailed as Tomic netted a backhand.

“I knew he was going to be tough and it was difficult because he liked the way I played and I couldn’t hit any winners past him,” Tomic said.

“I learned from it, that’s the important thing, and a lot of these things can help me.”

Australian Stephen Huss and Ruano Pascual ended their run in the mixed doubles, losing 6-4 6-4 to top-seeded pair Leander Paes and Black 6-4 6-4.

Tags: doubles, Rennae Stubbs, Wimbledon

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