BALI, Indonesia - Defending champion Ana Ivanovic will play Anabel Medina Garrigues in today's final of the WTA Tournament of Champions.
Ivanovic defeated Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-1, 7-5 Saturday, despite getting little sleep after an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 hit Bali on Friday night.
"I jumped out of the bed, I had no idea what was going on," Ivanovic said. "Everything started moving and cracking, and it was the first time I was in an earthquake."
After racing through the first set, Ivanovic broke at 5-5 in the second and held to advance to the final.
Medina Garrigues defeated Sabine Lisicki 6-3, 4-6, 4-0 Saturday after Lisicki retired with a back injury.
Djokovic upset in semis
BASEL, Switzerland - Top-ranked Novak Djokovic was stunned in the Swiss Indoors semifinals Saturday, losing 2-6, 7-6 (4), 6-0 to Japan's Kei Nishikori.
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Nishikori was overmatched in the first set but turned the match around by winning a thrilling rally when Djokovic was just two points from victory at 5-4 in the second.
Nishikori, ranked 32nd and a wild card entry at the tournament, won the second-set tiebreaker then raced away with the final set for a career-best victory.
He will play Roger Federer in today's final after the defending champion beat Stanislas Wawrinka - his gold medal-winning doubles partner at the Beijing Olympics - 7-6 (5), 6-2 in the other semifinal.
Monaco beats Ferrer
VALENCIA, Spain - Argentina's Juan Monaco beat defending champion David Ferrer of Spain 7-5, 1-6, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Valencia Open final.
Monaco will face fellow unseeded player Marcel Granollers of Spain, who beat sixth-seeded Argentine Juan Martin del Potro 6-4, 7-6 (4) to advance to his second consecutive final in Valencia.
Russians, Czechs split
MOSCOW - Russia and the Czech Republic split the opening singles in the Fed Cup final Saturday after Grand Slam winners Petra Kvitova and Svetlana Kuznetsova won their matches in straight sets.
Kvitova, the Wimbledon champion, put the Czechs in the lead, defeating Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-2 in the first match. Kuznetsova tied it with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Lucie Safarova.
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