Wozniacki reaches New Haven final

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Aug 27, 2010 (AFP) - Caroline Wozniacki, the top women's seed at the US Open, has a little more work to do before the last Grand Slam of the year starts on Monday.

The Dane rallied from a break down in the third set to beat Russian Elena Dementieva 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7/5) on Friday to book a spot in the final of the Pilot Pen hardcourt tennis tournament.

Wozniacki, the tournament's two-time defending champion, improved to 12-0 in her three trips to New Haven.

Dementieva looked to be cruising as she broke Wozniacki in her first two service games of the match and again to close out the first set.

But Wozniacki responded with a service break of her own to open the second set won the frame when neither player could hold serve during the final four games.

Dementieva took an early lead in the third set and served for the match at 5-4.

"I just told myself, 'Keep fighting,'" Wozniacki said. "She still has to win four more points to win the match so you're still in there." Wozniacki took that game, then went up 6-5. But she couldn't finish off Dementieva, who fought off three match points and went up 3-0 in the tiebreaker before Wozniacki rallied again.

Wozniacki, who won last week in Montreal, insisted she doesn't feel any pressure as the top seed at the US Open.

"Pressure is when you're put in a spot and you don't really feel like you belong there," she said. "When you really believe that you belong there, that you can do the things you have to do, there's no pressure. You just go out there and play.