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Petrova through to Qatar last four
 Petrova will now face Japan's Ai Sugiyama for a place in Saturday's final DOHA, Qatar -- Second seed Nadia Petrova quelled a spirited challenge from Na Li of China to post a 6-4 6-4 victory en route to the Qatar Open semifinals. Petrova will meet Ai Sugiyama in Friday's first semifinal after the Japanese veteran defeated Julia Schruff of Germany 6-3 6-2. Top seed and world number two Amelie Mauresmo is also through after she beat Roberta Vinci of Italy 6-4 6-0. Petrova started off on an aggressive note, breaking Li in game one, and she broke again in the seventh game. The Russian had a similar start to the second set although this time the Chinese showed her fighting qualities to break back immediately. Petrova raised her game to take a 2-1 lead and, with games going with serve, Petrova served out for the match. Sugiyama, who had upset two times Qatar Open champion and former French Open champion Anastasia Myskina on Wednesday, was never troubled in her 66-minute win over Schruff. "I was a bit drained after my long match against Myskina on Wednesday. But I think I did well to recover as was evident today against Schruff," she said. 
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