Serena Williams is "the favourite" to win the WTA Tour Championships in Istanbul next week, former World No.1 Caroline Wozniacki said after winning the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament here.

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Italy's Andreas Seppi recovered from a set down to defeat Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci and win the men's singles event of the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament here in a clash between two national No.1 player

Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina were victorious in an all-Russian final to win the women's doubles event of the Kremlin Cup tennis tournament here.

On Moscow's slow hard court, Makarova and Vesn

Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova booked the last doubles place at next week's WTA Championships after reaching the final of the Kremlin Cup here.

The Russian pair, ranked fourth in the world, comple

Brazilian No.1 Thomaz Bellucci beat big-serving Croatian veteran Ivo Karlovic and won through to face Italy's Andreas Seppi in the final of the Kremlin Cup here.

Fourth seed Bellucci came back from a

Men's doubles specialists Frantisek Cermak and Michal Mertinak beat Italian pair Simone Bolelli and Daniele Bracciali 7-5, 6-3 to win the Kremlin Cup title.

For Czech Cermak it is a second-consecutiv

Top-seeded Australian Samantha Stosur eased into the Kremlin Cup semifinals on Friday with a comfortable 6-1, 6-3 win over Czech Klara Zakopalova to set-up a clash with former world number one Ana Iva

Former No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki advanced to the Kremlin Cup semi-finals by beating defending champion Dominika Cibulkova 6-2, 6-7 (1), 6-1 on Friday.

Wozniacki won four consecutive games in the first

Serbia's Ana Ivanovic thrashed Russian qualifier Valeria Solovieva to reach the quarterfinals of the Kremlin Cup tennis Thursday.

Ivanovic beat world No.216 Solovieva 6-1, 6-4 in the second round for

Russia's Maria Kirilenko weathered a tenacious performance from Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan to reach the quarter-finals of the Kremlin Cup tennis here Thursday.

Kirilenko won both sets by breaki