Lindsay Davenport of the US overcame a jammed right knee to beat Elena Dementieva of Russia 6-2, 6-4 in the Acura Classic semifinals Saturday and extended her winning streak to 13 consecutive matches.
Davenport will play for her third title in as many weeks Sunday, giving her a chance to equal her California slam of 1998. That's when she won titles at Stanford, Los Angeles and Carlsbad leading up to the US Open, where she earned her first Grand Slam title.
She will play either French Open champion Anastasia Myskina of Russia or 12th-seeded Russian Vera Zvonareva, who were to meet later at La Costa Resort and Spa.
Davenport jammed her knee when she was serving at 5-3. Dementieva hit a ball behind her that caught Davenport in an awkward position.
"At 5-4, it was hurting when I landed on my leg," she said. "It looks like very little swelling. I tested negative on the really important spots on my knee. I feel lucky. It could have been a lot worse."
Davenport had arthroscopic surgery on the same knee in 2002.
Andy Roddick advanced to the final of the Tennis Masters Canada with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Nicolas Kiefer of Germany on Saturday.
Earlier, Federer rolled to a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Thomas Johansson of Sweden.
Both Roddick and Kiefer had a hard time converting break opportunities in the first set. Kiefer had a triple-break point in the fifth game but Roddick used his cannon-like serves to come back with five straight points. Roddick later had two set points but Kiefer came back to tie it at 5.
Roddick hit four consecutive aces to go up 6-5 and then broke Kiefer's serve to take the set. Roddick got another break to take a 4-2 lead before closing out the match in about 90 minutes to advance.
Roddick now faces Federer in the final.
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