Makarova to meet Wickmayer in Estoril final

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05/08/2009 - Estoril, Portugal (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ekaterina Makarova of Russia and Belgium's Yanina Wickmayer were semifinal winners Friday at the Estoril Open and will meet for the title in Saturday's final.

The sixth-seeded Makarova was a 6-3, 6-1 winner over eighth-seeded German Anna-Lena Groenefeld, while Wickmayer was ahead 3-0 in the first set against Shahar Peer when the seventh-seeded Israeli decided she could not continue because of a foot injury.

Makarova will play in a WTA Tour final for the second straight week and for the second time in her career. She will also hope for a much better result, as Spain's Anabel Medina Garrigues rolled to a 6-0, 6-1 rout in last week's title match in Morocco.

Wickmayer will also make her second career appearance in a WTA Tour final and will try for her first title on Saturday. She was the runner-up to Kateryna Bondarenko last year in Birmingham.

Prior to this week's event, Wickmayer had a 2009 WTA Tour match record of just 1-4. She has already beaten three seeded players this week, having toppled No. 5 Petra Kvitova in the first round and No. 3 Sorana Cirstea in the quarterfinals before Friday's virtual walkover.

The 20-year-old Makarova and 19-year-old Wickmayer will meet for the first time in Saturday's final with a first prize of $37,000 at stake.

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