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'Zapped' Kournikova plays Dokic in Hong Kong exhibition final
HONG KONG (AP) -- Top-seeded Anna Kournikova of Russia, who has yet to win a WTA title, reached the final of the Watson's Water Challenge exhibition tournament Friday, beating Jennifer Capriati 3-6, 7-5, 6-0. In Saturday's final, Kournikova will face Australian Jelena Dokic, who upset second-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. Kournikova, who is ranked eighth in the world, rallied from 5-4 down in the second set to win the next nine games and the match after Capriati's game collapsed. "I got fatigued and I got zapped," Capriati said. The American, ranked 14th in the world, said the crowd at Victoria Park court was favoring Kournikova and "everything was going against me." Kournikova said Capriati played "extremely well in the first set. She was killing me and I had to hang in there." "I played point for point and it paid off for me," Kournikova said. The 17-year-old unseeded Dokic, ranked 25th on the WTA tour, proved too strong for the 12th-ranked Dementieva, the silver medalist at the Sydney Olympics.
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