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Stosur thrashes Jankovic to reach French Open final

Australia`s Samantha Stosur needed just one hour to thrash fourth seed Jelena Jankovic and reach the French Open final on Thursday.

Paris: Australia`s Samantha Stosur needed just one hour to thrash fourth seed Jelena Jankovic and reach the French Open final on Thursday.
Stosur, who put out four-times champion Justine Henin and world number one Serena Williams en route to the last four, sauntered to a 6-1, 6-2 victory on Court Philippe Chatrier.She is the first Australian woman to reach a grand slam final since Wendy Turnbull in 1980.The world number seven has now gone one better than last year when she fell at the semi-final stage and will face fellow grand slam final debutant Francesca Schiavone in Saturday`s final. Bureau Report