Alize Cornet has never won a Sony Ericsson WTA Tour title before, but on Sunday she will have a chance to do it against Andreja Klepac in the final of the Gaz de France Grand Prix.
Cornet, seeded second, had barely been tested in her first two matches of the tournament, and in the semis easily won to Hungary's Greta Arn, who had high hopes of winning her country's tournament, 61 61, in an hour and ten minutes.
Before this year, Cornet had never gotten past the quarterfinals of a Tour event. During this year's clay court season, she got to the semifinals or better four times, including runner-up finishes at Acapulco and Rome.
Andreja Klepac, who will face Cornet in the final, survived a battle in the semis against Karolina Sprem, 62 46 64. In an earlier round, Klepac had taken out No. 1 seed Agnes Szavay in straight sets, and in this match, Klepac had all sorts of troubles as she lost the second set and was 3-0 down in the third. But after 2 hours and 40 minutes of play, Klepac had finally closed it out to reach the first final of her career.
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