MONTREAL, Aug. 17 (UPI) -- American Jennifer Capriati reached her first WTA final in more than four months Saturday at the Rogers AT&T Cup.
The second-seeded Capriati was leading the third-seeded Jelena Dokic, 7-6 (7-5), 4-0, when the Yugoslav was forced to retire due to a recurring right hamstring injury.
In the evening session on Saturday, No. 7 Amelie Mauresmo of France faced No. 8 Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia for the right to face Capriati in Sunday's title match.
The reigning Australian Open champion, Capriati made her first final since the NASDAQ 100 Open at Miami in early April.
When top seed and defending champion Serena Williams pulled out Tuesday with a knee injury, Capriati became the favorite in this hardcourt event, which is a warmup tournament for the U.S. Open.
Despite an injury-filled year, the 19-year-old Dokic won titles at Sarasota and Birmingham, England, where she dropped just one set in the tournament.
Dokic also reached the final at the Paris Indoor event, but defaulted to Venus Williams due to a right thigh strain. The same injury forced her to retire at Antwerp and to withdraw from Memphis and Scottsdale. A stomach virus forced her out in the semifinal at Amelia Island and the thigh injury sidelined her in the semis at Hamburg.
Making her ninth appearance at the tournament, Capriati was a champion here in 1991 as a 15-year-old and lost in the 1993 final to Steffi Graf and the 2001 final to Williams - both in three sets.
