Wozniacki, Zvonareva to battle for Qatar title

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DOHA, Feb 26 (AFP): Caroline Wozniacki blitzed Marion Bartoli in straight sets to storm into the final of the WTA Qatar Open here on Friday. The world number one, who has been hardly pushed in Doha, once again came up with a commanding display to post a 6-1, 6-1 win and stay on course for a second title inside seven days, following her victory in the Dubai Open last Sunday. Wozniacki will meet Russian Vera Zvonareva in the final after the Russian prevailed over Serbian Jelena Jankovic 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. Wozniacki said she stuck to her strong point, which is her aggression, to dismantle Bartoli's game. "It was important for me to start aggressively and keep the momentum, make her run a lot," said Wozniacki, who won in just 65 minutes, converting six of her eight break points and committing just 13 unforced errors compared to her rival's 23. Wozniacki was on a seven match winning streak when she took the court on Friday, but had lost her two previous clashes against the Frenchwoman, in Stuttgart in 2009 and in Cincinnati last year. But Bartoli's hopes of a hat-trick of wins against the current hottest player in the world vanished in a jiffy as the Dane established control over the match from the outset, hitting powerful winners on either flank and hardly allowing her rival any space to place her shots. Wozniacki's focus and aggression over the past couple of weeks has been so intense that she was asked what would her tactic be if she were playing against herself.