A familiar face and a welcome newcomer will be squaring off tomorrow afternoon for the Tier II J&S Cup final on Sunday in Warsaw, Poland.
Justine Henin, who has only lost two matches on clay since 2004, was a clear favorite to take the trophy home this week from Warsaw, but Ukrainian Alona Bondarenko continued her surprising run to the final today with a straight sets defeat of third seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Bondarenko, who also has two sisters competing on the Tour, has never faced Justine, and she will have to play the best match of her career to get past her tomorrow. Headed into the match Justine is not only the No. 1 tennis player in the world, but also the Tour’s best clay court contender.
In tomorrow’s other final, first-time finalists Victoria Azarenka and Greta Arn will be facing off for the Estoril Open singles title.
