Tennis: Erakovic reaches final in US

3.30pm

New Zealand teenager Marina Erakovic is through to the singles final of the Kentucky International junior tennis event in the United States.

Erakovic won her semifinal today against Belarus world junior No 9 Olga Govortsova 1-6 6-4 6-4.

Her opponent in the final is Canadian Aleksandra Wozniak.

Erakovic, who is coached by Chris and Mark Lewis when in Auckland, won the US Open junior doubles last weekend.

She and Romanian Michaela Buzarnescu are the tournament fourth seeds in the Kentucky event, and are into the semifinals where they will meet US Open junior doubles runners-up Madalina Gojnea and Monica Niculescu, of Romania.

- NZPA