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Tennis-Mauresmo struggles to reach Strasbourg final

STRASBOURG, France, May 25 - Amelie Mauresmo
battled over three sets to overcome fellow Frenchwoman Marion
Bartoli in the semi-finals of the Strasbourg Open on Friday.

The former world number one, who is struggling to recover
her best form before the French Open, will face Serbia's Jelena
Jankovic or Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues in the final on
Saturday.

After comfortably clinching the first set 6-3, she lost her
rhythm and conceded the second-set tiebreak by seven points to
one.

Bartoli broke serve in the first game of the third set and
seemed ready to take control of the match but Mauresmo
immediately struck back.

The 2006 Wimbledon champion grabbed three games in a row to
take a 5-2 lead before sealing victory 6-3 after two hours 14
minutes on court.

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