Paris, June 05: Belgian second seed Kim Clijsters reached the women's singles final at the French Open today with a 7-5 6-1 win over unseeded Russian Nadia Petrova. Clijsters, beaten finalist two years ago, advanced in 1hr 10min and will now meet either US top seed Serena Williams or Belgian fourth seed Justine Henin-Hardenne in Saturday's final.

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