Italian reaches final in Palermo

PALERMO, Italy, July 24 (UPI) -- Fifth-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta faces Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain in Sunday's final at the Palermo International.

Pennetta, who is from Brindisi, Italy, beat fourth-seeded Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik, 6-2, 7-6 Saturday to become the first Italian finalist at the Palermo International in 13 years.

Medina Garrigues of Spain advanced to Sunday's final with an easy 6-1, 6-1 victory over third-seeded Czech Denisa Chladkova. Medina Garrigues captured this event in 2001.