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<\/a>tennis express pro player gear<\/p>\nFourth-seeded Bondar will face No.5-seeded Tamara Korpatch, who advanced when Mayar Sherif, last week\u2019s champion in lasi, was forced to retire down 6-1, 2-0.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How did Bondar, ranked No.97, get through such a tough contest?\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI really had one phrase in my mind,\u201d Bondar said. \u201cRefuse to lose.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Last year\u2019s runner-up improves to 8-1 at the event, and 2-1 against Avanesyan, the 208-ranked Armenian (formerly 36) who reached the semis from qualifying.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really wanted to make the final after last year,\u201d Bondar, who lost to Lois Boisson in last year\u2019s final, said. \u201cI just had to fight for every point.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bondar is into her second career WTA final.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Avenesyan had a pair of set points while serving at 5-4 in the first set, and another pair while serving at 6-5. She eventually lost the last four points of the opening-set tiebreak.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Undeterred, Avanesyan rallied from 3-0 down to take six of the final seven games of set two.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bondar trailed 2-0 and 3-1 in the decider.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Avanesyan had a match point with Bondar serving at 4-5 ad-out and missed a backhand long. Two games later she had two more chances to clinch, with Bondar serving at 5-6, ad-out again. Bondar ripped a down-the-line forehand winner on the first, and another on the second.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Those three points may have taken a toll on the Armenian. Bondar won the first five points of the breaker and held her ground to finish the epic victory.\u00a0<\/p>\n