The paths to Saturday's US Open women's final: Mary Pierce (FRA x12) v Kim Clijsters (BEL x4)
PIERCE
1st round: bt Mary Santagelo (ITA) 6-2, 6-4
2nd round: bt Katarina Srebotnik (SLO) 6-3, 6-2
3rd round: bt Jelena Jankovic (SEM x17) 6-3, 3-0 ret
4th round: bt Justine Henin-Hardenne (BEL x7) 6-3, 6-4
QF: bt Amelie Mauresmo (FRA x3) 6-4, 6-1
SF: bt Elena Dementieva (RUS x6) 3-6, 6-2, 6-2
CLIJSTERS
1st round: bt Martina Muller (GER) 6-1, 6-4
2nd round: bt Fabiola Zuluaga (COL) 7-5, 6-0
3rd round: bt Ai Sugiyama (JPN) 6-1, 6-4
4th round: bt Maria Vento-Kabchi (VEN) 6-1, 6-0
QF: bt Venus Williams (USA x10) 4-6, 7-5, 6-1
SF: bt Maria Sharapova (RUS x1) 6-2, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3.