18 Sep 2011

Erakovic in final in Quebec

10:02 am on 18 September 2011

Marina Erakovic of New Zealand has reached the final of the WTA Challenge tennis tournament in Quebec, Canada.

Down 3-0 in the third set, Erakovic rebounded to win the semi final 2-6,7-5, 6-4, against third seed Tamira Paszek from Austria.

World number 40, Paszek is ranked 45 places better than Erakovic.

She will face the winner of the other semi-final between sixth seed Barbora Zahlavova Strycova of the Czech Republic and Michaella Krajicek of Holland.