Wozniacki, Razzano into Eastbourne final

Virginie Razzano reached the Aegon International final on Friday when Marion Bartoli retired with a leg injury while trailing 6-4, 1-0.

Razzano will play sixth-seeded Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark, who defeated Aleksandra Wozniak of Canada 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.

Bartoli refused to shake hands with Razzano after pulling out of the all-French semifinal with a right quadriceps strain. Razzano had complained in a French newspaper that Bartoli often made a fuss over minor injuries to gain a mental advantage over opponents.

"What she said about me in the newspaper was not really brilliant, but I get that's the way she is," said Bartoli. "I could never say that about another player."

Razzano had no regrets about her comments.

"She can stop any time in any match," Razzano said. "If you stop to look at her because she has pain everywhere, she tries to make your concentration go down and you can't play because you are thinking what has happened.

"It's a disappointment for her but not for me because I am in the final. It's a good win for me because I have more energy for tomorrow."

Bartoli broke three times in the first set but dropped serve four times. She then had her right thigh strapped to start the second set.

"When it was 1-0, 40-0 I felt a sharp pain, and after that I couldn't push on my right leg to serve and it was getting worse and worse," Bartoli said. "It's just two days before Wimbledon. I have to play on Monday so it's going to be very difficult."

In the second semifinal, both players struggled with the wind. Wozniak had the more positive start, playing aggressively and making fewer errors.

Wozniacki hit a forehand into the net to lose the first set. After an early exchange of breaks in the second, she broke again decisively to lead 4-3. Wozniacki broke for 3-2 in the decider and closed it out.

"In the beginning, I think I made maybe too many unforced errors," Wozniacki said. "But then I started to try with a little bit more margin from the lines and thankfully it paid off."

On the men's side, second-seeded Dmitry Tursunov of Russia will face Canadian qualifier Frank Dancevic in the final.

Turnsunov beat eighth-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-2, 6-2, and Dancevic defeated Fabrice Santoro of France 6-4, 6-4.

Dancevic's only previous final was in 2007 at Indianapolis, when he lost to Tursunov.

AP