Clijsters makes US Open final with controversial win
- Source: Xinhua
- [20:23 September 13 2009]
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Kim Clijsters of Belgium reacts during her semi-final match against Serena Williams at the US Open tennis tournament in New York September 12, 2009.
Former World No. 1 Kim Clijsters reached the US Open women's singles final at her first comeback grand slam on Saturday with a controversial straight sets win over Serena Williams.
The Belgian beat the defending champion 6-4, 7-5 after a day-long rain delay to advance to the final just weeks after returning to the tour from a two-year break to start a family.
Trailing 5-6, 15-30 in the second set, Williams whacked her second serve but was called a foot-fault by the lineswoman and put at match point down.
The fierced Williams was then seen roar at the lineswoman and given a point penalty to lose the match.
The other semifinal of the women's singles sent in teenage Dane Caroline Wozniacki, who defeated unseeded and error-prone Belgian Yanina Wickmayer 6-3, 6-3.
Later on Saturday, the women's doubles semifinal between third seeds Samantha Stosur/Rennae Stubbs of Austria and top seeded Cara Black of Zimbabwe and Liezel Huber of the United States was suspended while the former duo led 7-5.
On the men's part, third seed Rafael Nadal needed just 34 minutes to complete a postponed 7-6, 7-6, 6-0 victory over Chile's Fernando Gonzalez.
Nadal will face sixth seed Argentine Juan Martin del Potro in Sunday's men's semifinals, while five times champion Roger Federer faces fourth-seeded Serb Novak Djokovic on the same day.
