| GEO Sports | | Teenagers Wozniacki and Lisicki reach final | Updated at: 0837 PST, Sunday, April 19, 2009
CHARLESTON: In-form Dane Caroline Wozniacki upset top seed Elena Dementieva 6-4 5-77-5 on Saturday to reach the final of the Family Circle Cup where she will meet another teenager in German Sabine Lisicki.
The fifth-seeded Wozniacki, who also beat the Russian in the recent Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, looked set for a comfortable win as she went 5-2 up in the second. Dementieva, ranked third in the world, saved three match points to take the contest into a hard-fought third set, but Wozniacki was not to be denied.
Sixteenth seed Lisicki had an easier path to the final, beating sixth seed Marion Bartoli of France 6-3 6-1. The 19-year-old German has never won a WTA Tour event and reached just one previous final -- losing to Romanian Sorana Cirstea in Tashkent last year.
Lisicki and Wozniacki have met just once previously, with the Dane winning 4-6 6-4 6-3 in the third round of theAustralian Open last year. "I think we've both gotten much better," Lisicki said. "It will be a good final."
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