Mauresmo, Clijsters charge into Antwerp final four

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02/16/2007 - Antwerp, Belgium (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Two-time defending champion Amelie Mauresmo of France and last year's runner-up Kim Clijsters of Belgium highlighted Friday's quarterfinal winners at the $600,000 Proximus Diamond Games tennis event.

The top-seeded and former world No. 1 Mauresmo mauled sixth-seeded Russian Dinara Safina 6-1, 6-3. Mauresmo is now 4-1 lifetime against Safina, including wins in their last three matchups.

The reigning Wimbledon champion Mauresmo captured the last two championships here in Antwerp, including a title match victory over the heavy crowd favorite Clijsters a year ago.

Mauresmo's semifinal opponent on Saturday will be seventh-seeded Russian Anna Chakvetadze.

A second-seeded Clijsters soared into the semis with a 6-2, 6-1 scalding of eighth-seeded rising Serbian Ana Ivanovic at Sportpaleis Antwerpen. Ivanovic was a runner-up to Martina Hingis in Tokyo two weeks ago.

Clijsters, appearing in her final Antwerp event, captured this tournament in 2004 and was also a runner-up here in 2003. The popular star will retire from the WTA Tour at the end of this season.

The 23-year-old Clijsters will battle France's Tatiana Golovin in the semis, as Golovin capped the quarterfinal slate on Day 5 by dousing Russian Elena Likhovtseva 7-6 (7-3), 7-5.

Third-seeded Russian Nadia Petrova was ousted by her countrywoman Chakvetadze, who pulled off a 6-3, 6-4 upset. A previously-hot Petrova was fresh off her title in Paris last week.

The 19-year-old Chakvetadze is now a masterful 4-0 lifetime against Petrova, with the other three wins all coming last year.

The 2007 Diamond Games champion will claim $88,265. If Mauresmo can prevail this week, she would receive a diamond-studded racquet, which is awarded to a player here if she wins three Antwerp titles within a five-year span.

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