Americans Huber, King on opposite sides of women's doubles final
An American will be crowned one-half of the women's doubles championship team after Liezel Huber teamed with Russian Nadia Petrova to defeat Yung-Jan Chan and Jie Zheng, 6-3, 6-2, in the semifinals Friday.
Huber, a 34-year-old who was born in South Africa and became an American citizen in 2007, is a four-time Grand Slam champion with former partner Cara Black. Petrova will be playing her first major final of any kind.
Their opponents will be 21-year-old Californian Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan. King and Shvedova are the reigning Wimbledon champions, eliminating both of their opponents in Sunday's final along the way.
The teams of Huber & Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Petrova & Samantha Stosur each lost to King and Shvedova, 6-4, 6-4, at Wimbledon.
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