Venus Williams reached her 65th career singles final Saturday with a 6-0, 6-1 rout of fourth seeded Russian Elena Dementieva at the WTA Bank of the West Classic. Venus, seeded third and the champion here in 2000 and 2002, will face either Australia's Samantha Stosur or 2007 Wimbledon finalist Marion Bartoli of France in Sunday's final. On Friday Venus had crushed Russia's Maria Sharapova 6-2, 6-2, while Serena was upset by Australia's Samantha Stosur 6-2, 3-6, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. Dementieva had advanced to the semis with a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova. Bartoli fought off two match points against fourth seed Jelena Jankovic in a 3-6, 7-6, 6-3 victory. Davydenko-Ferrero final In Croatia, top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko cruised into the final of the Croatia Open on Saturday by beating Jurgen Melzer of Austria 6-1, 6-1. The Russian will face former No. 1 Juan Carlos Ferrero, who beat seventh-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy 6-1, 6-7 (1), 7-5 in the other semifinal. Haas beats Safin In Los Angeles, top-seeded German Tommy Haas survived a see-sawing opening set to beat Russian Marat Safin 7-6, 6-2 on Friday and book his place in the semifinals of the LA Open. A runner-up in his last two ATP events, sixth seed American Sam Querrey upset fourth-seeded Israeli Dudi Sela 6-3, 7-5 on a sun-splashed afternoon, breaking his opponent once in each set. Earlier, little-known Australian qualifier Carsten Ball eased into his first ATP semifinal with a 6-4, 6-4 win against towering American John Isner. Ball will next meet Argentina's Leonardo Mayer, who gained a walkover into the last four when second-seeded American Mardy Fish pulled out on Friday because of an abdominal strain. Dushevina, Hradecka in final In Istanbul, Russian fifth seed Vera Dushevina and Lucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic reached the final of the $220,000 WTA Istanbul tournament on Saturday. The 22-year-old Russian, ranked 49 in the world, enjoyed a 6-2, 6-4 victory over Timea Bacsinszky of Switzerland. Dushevina endured a nervy second set when she let slip a 4-0 lead to allow her opponent to close the gap to 5-4, but the experienced Russian held her nerve to clinch the tie. Her opponent in Sunday's final is 24-year-old Hradecka, seeded eighth, who defeated German Andrea Petkovic, the winner in Austria last week, 6-7 (5-7), 7-5, 7
