Last Updated: Tuesday, 19 October, 2004, 11:11 GMT 12:11 UK
Dementieva makes WTA Tour finale
Russia's Elena Dementieva has qualified for the women's end-of-season Tour Cham
pionships after reaching the final of last week's Kremlin Cup.
Dementieva lost to Anastasia Myskina in Moscow but has had her most successful
ever season on the WTA Tour.
She was runner-up at both the French and US Opens and is the third Russian woma
n to make the eight-player event.
Lindsay Davenport and Amelie Mauresmo have also qualified for November's tourna
ment in Los Angeles.
Svetlana Kuznetsova, who beat Dementieva in the final of the US Open, is the ot
her Russian already on board.
Three spots are still up for grabs with two more Russians competing to make the
line-up.
Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova and Vera Zvonareva both play at the Zurich C
hallenge this week.
The top eight singles players and the top four doubles teams qualify for the Ch
ampionships and the singles winner gets $1m.
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