World number one Justine Henin reached the final of the Eastbourne International grasscourt tournament with a swift 6-1, 6-3 win over Marion Bartoli on Friday.
   In Saturday's final, the Belgian will play world number four Amelie Mauresmo, last year's Wimbledon champion, who went through when her Russian semifinal opponent Nadia Petrova pulled out with injury after losing the first set 4-6.
   Henin, Eastbourne defending champion and a favourite for Wimbledon which starts on Monday, was on Devonshire Park's Centre Court for barely an hour and made the victory look easy.
   "It is perfect preparation for me," smiled Henin, who has won every Grand Slam title except Wimbledon, losing to Mauresmo in last year's final.
   "My serve has been good in the last few days -- I hope it is going to be a weapon for me in the next two weeks."
   Frenchwoman Bartoli, the eighth seed, has an unorthodox but impressive serve which she used to great effect in thrashing fourth seed Elena Dementieva on Thursday.
   It failed to rescue her against Henin, however, and Bartoli lost the first three games in rapid succession. She held for 3-1 but was broken again in the sixth game as Henin spurred herself on with cries of "Allez!"
   Third seed Petrova had three bouts of medical treatment during Thursday's win over Sybille Bammer, for back and thigh problems, and emerged for her semifinal with her right thigh strapped.
   Friday's problem was a pectoral muscle injury, she told reporters.
   Second seed Mauresmo said she would have been glad to play a full match, to give her more time to work on her serve.

Brilliant Clement
   France's Arnaud Clement beat fourth seed Jonas Bjorkman 6-2, 6-4 indoors at the Nottingham Open on Friday for his second successive victory over a previous tournament winner, having earlier disposed of defending champion Richard Gasquet, reports Reuters from Nottingham.
   The world number 38, who defeated Gasquet 6-4, 6-3 in their weather-delayed quarterfinal earlier on Friday, will play Ivo Karlovic in the final after the big-serving Croat saw off Russian second seed Dmitry Tursunov 7-5, 6-4.
   It was the second match of the day for both Clement and Bjorkman, who defeated another Frenchman, Paul-Henri Mathieu, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the last eight.

Jankovic survives
   Top seed Jelena Jankovic of Serbia secured a place in the Den Bosch Open final with a 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 win over last year's runner-up Dinara Safina on Friday, adds Reuters from Amsterdam.
   In a close-fought thriller, Jankovic, who was struggling with a hamstring injury, saw five match points slip through her fingers before finally overcoming her Russian opponent.
   Jankovic will play Anna Chakvetadze in the final, after the Russian dispatched Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova 6-3, 6-4.
   Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic, seeded second, won a place in the men's final by beating Julien Benneteau of France 7-6, 3-6, 6-4. Ljubicic will face either Antony Dupuis of France or Peter Wessels of the Netherlands in the final.

Paes-Damm in final
   Leander Paes and his Czech partner Martin Damm continued their ruthless form with a straight-set 6-2, 6-3 victory over Michael Kohlmann of Germany and Robert Lindstedt of Sweden at the Ordina Open, reports UNI from Rosmalen.
   The Indo-Czech combine sent down seven aces and won 93 percent of the first serves.