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After edging the hottest player on
the WTA Tour, Patty Schnyder of Switzerland followed up
Saturday with a triumph over top seed and current world
No. 1 Jennifer Capriati of the United States.
Schnyder recorded a stunning 6-4, 6-3 upset of the
defending champion at the $1.22 million Family Circle Cup,
setting up a title match with Iva Majoli of Croatia.
Capriati's loss paves the way for Venus Williams to move
back to top of the WTA rankings when they are released
Monday for the first time since March 18.
Sunday's final will be the first in the 30-year history of
this claycourt tournament to be contested between a pair
of unseeded players.
Majoli toppled seventh-seeded Sandrine Testud of France in
the other semifinal, 6-2, 6-4.
Schnyder, who also advanced to the 1999 Charleston final,
reached her first WTA championship match of the year.
The Swiss No. 2 will try to capture her eighth career WTA
title. She lifted her last trophy in November at Pattaya
City, Thailand.
Ranked 30th, the 23-year-old Schnyder recorded her second
upset in as many days. She edged red-hot American Serena
Williams, the third seed, in Friday's quarterfinal at
Daniel Island. Williams had won 12 straight matches
overall and each of her five against Schnyder.
Schnyder had claimed an additional pair of impressive
victories this week, both against French opponents. She
beat sixth seed Amelie Mauresmo in the second round and
2000 French Open champion Mary Pierce in the round of 16.
Capriati stumbled in her attempt to reach a fourth
straight tour final. The Floridian defended her Australian
Open title before finishing as the runner-up at Indian
Wells and Miami.
In fact, Capriati was thought to be among the happiest
with Schnyder's win, having lost to Serena Williams in the
Indian Wells and Miami championship matches.
Majoli recorded her first victory in the last six meetings
with Testud.
Schnyder has not dropped a set in her four career meetings
with Majoli. Their last encounter also was their lone
match on clay. In the round of 16 at the 1999 Hilton Head
event, Schnyder posted a 7-6, 6-3 victory en route to the
semifinals.
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Singles
1R beat Virgina
Ruano-Pascual 6-2
6-3
2R beat Amelie
Mauresmo 6-4
3-6 6-2
3R beat Mary
Pierce 7-6
6-2
QF beat Serena
Williams 2-6
6-4 7-5
SF beat Jennifer
Capriati 6-4
6-3
F lost Iva
Majoli 6-7
4-6
Doubles with Grande
1R beat de Lone/Schlukebir 6-2 6-2
2R lost
Martinez/Tarabini 4-6
3-6
Photos
Charleston 2002 gallery
Articles
Williams
crashes out to Schnyder
Interviews
19/4/2002 vs S Williams
20/4/2002
vs Capriati
21/4/2002
vs Majoli
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