Tennis: Second consecutive final for pair

Waikato tennis player Leanne Baker and Italian doubles partner Fracensca Lubiani are into their second consecutive doubles final in California.

Baker and Lubiani beat qualifiers Matea Mezak (Croatia) and Israel's Yevgenia Savransky 6-2, 6-1 in the semifinals of the US$25,000 ($35,000) challenger event at Redding.

They will play another unseeded combination, Yulia Begelzimer (Ukraine) and Stephanie Dubois (Canada), in the finals.

Baker, who has a current WTA doubles ranking of 114, reached the final of the doubles with Lubiani at the US$50,000 tournament at Orange last week.