Ivanisevic leads the head-to-head series 9-2, and has beaten the Russian in their last seven matches. His powerful serve, clocked as high as 211 kph in the tournament, kept him in control through most of the one hour, five minute match.

The left-hander had a dozen aces to Kafelnikov's four and won 87 per cent of his first service points.

Ivanisevic will play number seven seed Karol Kucera of Slovakia in tomorrow's final. Kucera advanced by beating number four seed Richard Krajicek, 6-7 (8-6), 6-4.

Agassi holds the edge

INDIANAPOLIS: Andre Agassi will take a perfrct 4-0 career record against Spaniard Alex Corretja into the final of a $1 million ATP tournament here.The American, winner of two US Open tune-up events in the past month, shook off a poor start to dispatch inexperienced butpromising Paraguayan Ramon Delgado 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 in yesterday's semi-final.

Corretja, the French Open finalist, defeated Agassi's Davis Cup team-mate Todd Martin 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) on a steamy hot afternoon.

Seles downs Hingis

MONTREAL: Fifth seed Monica Seles continued her remarkable run in Canada by rebounding to upset top seed Martina Hingis to reach the final of the Canadian Open for the fourth consecutive year.

The three-time defending champion lifted her level of play in the second set to pull out a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over the Swiss world number one.Arantxa Sanchez Vicario needed two hours and 23 minutes to overcome second seed Jana Novotna 4-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.