Pennetta was the first to win, to the Spaniard, 63 76(6).
"I'm very happy to be in the final," Pennetta said. "It's been a great year for me already and this is my fourth final. It's never easy to play Anabel, as she's a good friend of mine, but I think we put on a good match today. I won because I think I was a little more consistent than she was, and maybe I was physically stronger."
Williams was next to win, as she won to the Serb in three tough sets, 46 63 64.
"It's always fun to win the close ones; this is why I love playing the sport, to pull out matches like these," Williams said. "She didn't give me much of a rhythm as she was going for winners on everything. I guess she wanted to prevent me from trying to dictate. I had a bad patch in the middle of the first set giving up five games in a row but thank goodness I was able to regroup in the second set."
"Of course I'm really disappointed but I also take the positives from such a good match," Ivanovic said. "That's definitely the best I've played since winning the French Open, and I'm hopefully going to keep this level for Linz and Doha."
"Playing Venus in the final will be a totally different match than in Moscow last week," Pennetta commented. "Anything can happen in one week, like me losing to Jankovic in Moscow and then winning here, so the fact I won our last few matches won't mean that much. But I'll have a plan for sure."
"Playing Flavia in the final will be interesting," Williams said. "I'm sure she's playing well and really wants to win, but so do I, and I am determined to make less errors than I did in Moscow."
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Singles - Semifinal
(3) Venus Williams (USA) d. (2) Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 46 63 64
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) d. Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP) 63 76(6)
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