Indian Wells, California  - Vera Zvonareva followed up on a Grand Slam semi-final with a win into the final of the Indian Wells Masters on Friday, defeating doubles partner Victoria Azarenka 6-3, 6-3.

The fourth-seeded Russian winner took less than 90 minutes to go through in spring heat in the desert. Zvonareva, who reached the Australian Open final four, now owns a
4-0 record over Azarenka and has not lost a set in that series.

"I was trying to concentrate and tried to keep my returns in as much as possible," said the winner. "It's not going to happen every day, but I'm pretty satisfied about my game overall today.

"I had a few mistakes here and there, but I was going for my shots. I'm happy to win this one."

Zvonareva claimed the opening set with a break in the sixth game; she broke early and late in the second to seal the win.

Azarenka, who had put out top seed Dinara Safina a round earlier, will move into the WTA top 10 for the first time as a result of her performance.

Zvonareva will face the winner from fifth seed Ana Ivanovic, defending her 2008 title, and tournament teenaged surprise packet Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia.

"It will be a tough match between two of those girls. Anastasia's a young, talented, upcoming player. She has a good serve and a big game.

"But Ana has all this experience. She's a Grand Slam champion and defending champion here. I wish them both good luck and good match. It doesn't really matter for me, because I'm going to try to concentrate on myself." dpa