EASTBOURNE, UK - Caroline Wozniacki reached her fifth Sony Ericsson WTA Tour singles final of the year on Friday, beating Aleksandra Wozniak in three tough sets in the semifinals of the AEGON International in Eastbourne. Awaiting her in the final will be Virginie Razzano, who is on a giant-killing run on the English lawns. 
Watch semifinal highlights from Eastbourne
Wozniacki, the No.6 seed at the key Wimbledon tune-up event, beat near-namesake Wozniak, 36 64 64, for her third win in their three career meetings, although their first two were far simpler with the Dane losing a total of five games in four sets, 61 61 and 61 62. This time Wozniak was in control for half the match when Wozniacki began finding the range that has taken her all the way to the No.9 world ranking this season. Watch highlights from this match
Wozniacki has also made finals in Memphis, Ponte Vedra Beach, Charleston and Madrid this year, winning the Ponte Vedra Beach title and finishing runner-up at the other three, to Victoria Azarenka, Sabine Lisicki and Dinara Safina.
Razzano's semifinal match ended abruptly after Marion Bartoli retired due to a right quad strain while trailing, 64 10. Bartoli had won the pair's two matches on the Tour, both last year and both in straight sets, and was serving up a break at 4-3 before things went sour. Watch highlights from this match
"I pushed off on my right leg to serve and felt a sharp pain. After that, I couldn't push off on my right leg on my serve. It really disturbed my service action," Bartoli said. "It wasn't really bothering me in rallies at first but then, after a few games, it began to bother me in the rallies as well. This is two days before Wimbledon. I start on Monday, so this is very difficult. If there is a straight of more than 6cm it will not be possible for me to play."
"When you play Marion you have to prepare for anything. If you're not playing your game well, you are lost," said Razzano, who defeated top seed Elena Dementieva and defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska the two rounds before. "I'm in the final and would like to win tomorrow. If not, it has already been a great week for me. If I win it's good, if I lose it's good too. It will be a nice final."
Wozniacki and Razzano have played twice before, both earlier this year, and Wozniacki winning both in straight sets, in the second round of Ponte Vedra Beach and the quarterfinals of Charleston. But Razzano has had eight Top 10 wins, including one on grass - over Svetlana Kuznetsova at 2004 Wimbledon.
"Virginie has been playing really well on grass and it's going to be a tough match for sure," Wozniacki said. "Being in the final gives you a lot of confidence on grass, especially as there have been so many great players who have won this title here." Watch Wozniacki's post-match interview
