Ancic reaches semifinals
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Wimbledon semifinalist Mario Ancic of Croatia moved into the semifinals Friday at the International Tennis Championships. The third-seeded Ancic defeated Denmark&#39;s Kenneth Carlsen, 6-2, 7-5.
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Title contenders Argentina and Spain advanced to the quarterfinals of the FIBA world championship on Saturday after strong games from their star players.
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Andy Roddick defeated Kristian Pless of Denmark 6-4, 6-3 Wednesday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Hypo Group International.
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Top-seeded Tommy Robredo defeated Ramon Delgado 6-2, 7-6 (1) Friday to reach the semifinals of the Mumbai Open.
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Serena Williams reached the semifinals for the first time in more than a year, beating Amy Frazier 6-2, 6-2 on Friday night to advance in the Western &amp; Southern Financial Group Women's Open.
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Ivan Ljubicic edged No. 7 seed Joachim Johansson in three sets Friday to reach the semifinals in the $3 million Madrid Masters. The unseeded Croatian, who knocked out top seed Tim Henman
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With a different star but the same team concept, Lithuania reached the men's basketball semifinals for the fourth straight Olympics.
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Madrid, Spain (Sports Network) - Russian Marat Safin advanced to Sunday&#39;s final of the lucrative Madrid Masters with a straight-set victory over American Andre Agassi in Saturday&#39;s semifinals.
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American Vincent Spadea and Croatian Mario Ancic have advanced to the semi-finals of the Millennium International Tennis Championships.
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Tayshaun Prince scored 20 points and the Detroit Pistons advanced to the National Basketball Association semi-finals here with a 79-61 victory over Cleveland.
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Akiko Morigami outlasted the qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova from Uzbekistan yesterday to earn a 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3 win and her second finals berth in three years at the Western & Southern Financial Group Womenâs Open in Mason Ohio.Morigami, the seventh seed from Japan, had 17 chances to break Amanmuradovaâs serve and converted just four. The most crucial came in the sixth game of the third set, when Morigami returned a second serve deep to Amanmuradovaâs backhand. Amanmuradova hit her return volley into the net.âIt was a little bit tough,â Morigami said. âI kept telling myself not to think about the breaks and just to focus on the next point.âShe will face the winner of the semifinal match between top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze of Russia and third-seeded Sania Mirza of India.
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Luis Scola scored 27 points and Argentina, playing without four N.B.A. players from the team that won the gold in 2004, beat Brazil, 91-80, in the semifinals of the FIBA Americas tournament yesterday in Las Vegas to earn a berth in the Beijing Olympics.Teams that have earned berths in Beijing include Argentina; the winner of yesterdayâs United States-Puerto Rico semifinal; China, the host; Spain, the reigning world champion; and the zone champions Iran, Angola and Australia. Two European entrants will be decided this month.
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Third-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia is closer to a second title this year after dispatching qualifier Tobias Clemens of Germany 6-4, 6-1 to reach the Open de Moselle semifinals Friday.
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Croatian Ivan Ljubicic edged into the  Madrid Masters semi-finals with a 7-6, 6-7, 7-6 victory over  seventh seed Joachim Johansson of Sweden on Friday.
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Fourth seed Marat Safin survived an  injury scare and his first tough examination of this year's  Australian Open as he battled to a 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over  Mario Ancic of Croatia in the third round Friday.
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Kobe Bryant scores 27 points and the United States cruises into the semifinals of the FIBA Americas tournament as the No. 1 seed by beating Argentina, 91-76.
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Former No. 1 Kim Clijsters beat seventh-seeded Magdalena Maleeva 6-3, 6-4 Friday to reach the semifinals at the Gaz de France Stars, her first tournament after missing five months with a left wrist injury.