Sharapova to face Errani for title

Women’s Singles final Today Errani     vs Sharapova    14:45

Saturday, June 09, 2012
Maria Sharapova celebrates victory. She became WTA world number one after her women's semi final match against Petra Kvitova. Net photo.Sara Errani of Italy celebrates victory in her women's semi final match against Samantha Stosur of Australia. Net photo

Women’s Singles finalToday Errani     vs Sharapova    14:45PARIS – Hot-favored Maria Sharapova will contest with unheralded Sara Errani for the French Open title on Saturday in their first ever meeting between the two 25-year-olds.Second-seeded Russian Sharapova put on a daunting performance to beat Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-3, while 21st seed Errani of Italy stunned Australian sixth seed Samantha Stosur 7-5, 1-6, 6-3.If Sharapova, the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open champion, wins Saturday’s final, she will become just the 10th woman to complete a career Grand Slam. "It’s an amazing feeling to be in my first final. I have been in two semi-finals but it was always my dream of getting to the final stage,” said Sharapova. "That’s pretty special. After my shoulder surgery, my ranking was out of the 100 in the world, but I thought if I could be number one in the world before that then I could do it again,” she added.