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YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Chelsea reached the Club World Cup final by scoring twice in the first three minutes of the second half to beat Monterrey 3-1 on Thursday. The final on Sunday will be the first for Champions League winner Chelsea and Copa Libertadores champ Corinthians, which edged Egypts Al-Ahly 1-0 in the other semifinal on Wednesday. "It was a good game for us," Chelsea coach Rafa Benitez said. "We had good tempo, good play and a lot of possibilities for us. I am pleased with the performance of our team." Fernando Torres put Chelsea up 2-0 in the first minute of the second half when he took a pass from Eden Hazard and hit a left-footed shot that deflected in off a Monterrey defender. Two minutes later, Juan Matas cross was knocked in by Monterrey defender Darvin Chavez for an own goal that made it 3-0. Benitez had high praise for Torres, who scored his fifth goal in three games and has more goals this season than all of last season. "Hes doing well. He is much sharper," Benitez said. "I hope it will be more of the same in the future." CONCACAF champion Monterrey finally scored through Aldo De Nigris in injury time. Monterrey will face Al-Ahly in the third-place game on Sunday. "We regret that we lost the way we did," Monterrey coach Victor Vuctich said. "There was a short time where we lost our concentration." Chelsea scored the only goal of the first half in the 17th minute. Oscar made a nifty back-heel pass to Ashley Cole, who centred the ball to Mata, who powered a low drive from 15 metres. "To win the way we won was very important," Mata said. "We want to win this trophy to be the world champs. We were focused on scoring more goals and this has given us confidence for the final." Chelseas form has risen of late, with Benitezs imprint on the club starting to show since he replaced the sacked Roberto Di Matteo last month. Chelsea became the first Champions League winner to fail to reach the knockout stage, but has now won three straight matches. Benitez has led a team to the Club World Cup final for the third time, following Liverpool (lost) in 2005 and Inter Milan (won) in 2010. Europe has won the last five finals, and Manchester United is the only English club to have won it, in 1999 and 2008. Wholesale Jerseys . The Lancers completed the three-day meet with 87 points for a record 11th womens title. The Guelph Gryphons placed second with 82 and Western University was third at 60. "This team dug deep as we lost some top athletes to graduation last season and thought we might have a legitimate top-four finish," said Windsor head coach Dennis Fairall. 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The second-seeded former world No. 1 Serena Williams was ousted by fifth- seeded left-hander Angelique Kerber, 6-4, 6-4. The German pulled off the upset in 76 minutes by breaking the Americans powerful serve twice while holding her serve throughout on Day 5. The rising Kerber now has a remarkable seven wins against top-10 women this year. Serena was riding a torrid 19-match winning streak since being stunned in the first round at the French Open in June. The 14-time Grand Slam champ was seeking a fourth straight tournament title after posting big wins at Wimbledon, Stanford and the London Olympic Games. Top-seeded Pole Agnieszka Radwanska was bounced in short order by No. 9 seed, Li Na of China, 6-1, 6-1, in just 70 minutes. Li advanced to the qquarterfinals earlier on Friday, when she leveled Swedish qualifier Johanna Larsson, 6-2, 6-2, making up a match that was postponed due to rain Thursday night.ddddddddddddLi was runner-up at this past Mondays Montreal final to Petra Kvitova. Meanwhile, the wild card Venus upended third-seeded U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur, 6-2, 6-7 (2-7), 6-4 on the hardcourts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center. The former No. 1 American advanced in 2 hours, 34 minutes despite piling up nine double faults. The 32-year-old seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus, whos been slowed mightily by an autoimmune disease over the last couple of seasons, will appear in her first semifinal in almost two years, or since the 2010 U.S. Open. The third round was completed on Friday when 17th-seeded Russian Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova upset sixth-seeded former top-ranked Danish star Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-4, after the match was suspended Thursday night. ' ' '
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