U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters of Belgium and top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark will play in Sunday's WTA Championships final in Doha, Qatar.
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Clijsters escapes injury in auto wreck before match: U.S. Open champion Kim Clijsters of Belgium was unhurt in a "scary" car accident before her match Saturday and advanced to the WTA Championships final by defeating Australian Samantha Stosur 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 in Doha, Qatar.
Clijsters said a truck "came out of nowhere" at a roundabout and hit the right-front door of her official WTA Tour car. Clijsters said she was not injured, but her manager suffered minor cuts.
"Obviously, it was a little bit of a shakeup. We're all fine," Clijsters said after the match. "I was really just kind of trying to kind of switch my mental state and focus on the match.
"We got lucky. There was a lot of glass."
Clijsters will face top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark in the season-ending final Sunday. The 20-year-old beat No. 2 Vera Zvonareva of Russia 7-5, 6-0 in the other semifinal.
Wozniacki is the youngest player to reach the final since Russian Maria Sharapova won at 17 in 2004.
Clijsters won the WTA season-ending event in 2002 and 2003.
Wozniacki lost a mere four points in the second set.
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