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Svetlana sinks Serena

AFP, Paris
Russian seventh seed Svetlana Kuznetsova survived a fightback from Ame-rica's Serena Williams to book a French Open semi-final date with Australian 30th seed Samantha Stosur here on Wednesday.
Kuznetsova led by a set and 4-1 against world number two Williams, the 2002 champion, before the American fought back to force a deciding set. with the Russian world number
seven eventually prevailing 7-6 (7/3), 5-7,7-5.
Stosur eased through her quarter-final against unseeded Romanian Sorana Cirstea, winning 6-1,6-3 to become the first Australian woman in the last four since Nicole Provis in 1988. ,
World number seven Kuznetsova, a runner-up here in 2006, broke twice to open up a 3-0 first-set lead against Williams, the double-break secured with a superb curving backhand winner down the line, before conceding a break superbly to prevail in the subsequent tie-break
The American found herself 4-1 down after an early break in the second set and Kuznetsova served for the match at 5-3 up after exchanging breaks with her opponent, only for Williams to dig deep for a double-break before levellingthematch with an ace.
Williams saw off two match points at 4-5 down in a tense decider before finally capitulating with a tired backhand to hand Kuznetsova only her second victory over the 10-time major-winner in seven attempts after 2hr 46min on court
Stosur, who is bidding to
become the first Australian winner at Roland Garros since Margaret Smith-Court in 1973, was rarely troubled in a onesided encounter against world number 4 ICirstea.
The 19-year-old Romanian had beaten three seeds, including Serbian world number five Jelena Jankovic, en route to the last eight but a nervous doublefault saw her broken in her first service game.
The big-serving Stosur, ranked 32 in the world, then broke again when Cirstea scooped a crosscourt forehand wide before serving out for the set in 27 minutes.
A more tenacious Cirstea forced Stosur to save four break points in the opening game of the second set, before the Australian broke for a 2-1 lead.
Stosur's advantage stretched to 4-1 when Cirstea sliced a backhand into the tramlines in her next service game, with Stosur surviving a late rally from her opponent before breaking again to close out the match.