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Date Krumm upsets Kirilenko in Korea

Associated Press

Saturday, September 26, 2009

SEOUL, South Korea -- Kimiko Date Krumm of Japan advanced to the Korea Open final by upsetting defending champion Maria Kirilenko of Russia 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 Saturday. She will play second-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain, who defeated Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 2-6, 6-3, 6-1. Date Krumm, who returned to tennis in 2008 after a 12-year hiatus, said she played without pressure. "I had nothing to lose if I lose the match, but Kirilenko probably felt she had to win," Date Krumm said, ac ...

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