Alisa Kleybanova - Semi-finalist: Sydney Medibank International

Alisa Kleybanova (#26) reaches her first semi-final this year at the Sydney Medibank International.  She lost to Kim Clijsters that halted her run to the final.  This was her path to the semi-final -

SF - lost to Kim Clijsters (BEL) (#3) 46 63 76(1)
QF - Dominika Cibulkova (SVK) (#32) 63 57 62
2R - Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez (ESP) (#29) 62 64
1R - Francesca Schiavone (ITA) (#7) 67(5) 61 62

Seoul 2010 Champion: Alisa Kleybanova of Russia

Alisa Kleybanova (ranked #28) won her second WTA Tour title by defeating Klara Zakopalova (ranked #39) of the Czech Republic.  Her first, came earlier this year at Kuala Lumpur.  Below is Alisa's route to the championship -

Finals - Klara Zakopalova (CZE) (#39) 6-1, 6-3

SFs - Agnes Szavay (HUN) (#38) 6-3, 6-2

QFs - Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) (#49) 6-1, 6-2

2R - Ksenia Pervak (RUS) (#99) 6-7, 6-1, 6-2

1R - Kai-Chen Chang (TPE) (#93) 6-2, 6-3