Marion Bartoli and Aravane Rezai will meet in an all-French final at the WTA Tournament of Champions event after each posted straight-set semifinal wins on Saturday.
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Saturday's opening singles rubber at the 2009 Fed Cup final will pit American Alexa Glatch against world No. 11 Italian Flavia Pennetta. The United States and host Italy will decide the champion in a best-of-five affair on an outdoor clay court at Rocco Polimeni.
Top-seeded Frenchwoman Marion Bartoli and sixth-seeded Spaniard Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez secured berths in Saturday's semifinals at the $600,000 Tournament of Champions tennis event.
Belgian tennis player Yanina Wickmayer has been suspended, effective immediately, by the Flemish Doping Tribunal for failing to notify officials of her location.