Tennis Roundup: Mathieu and Seppi Reach Final of the Swiss Open
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On Saturday, Paul-Henri Mathieu overcame the qualifier Radek Stepanek, 6-3, 6-4, and Andreas Seppi beat the wild card Igor Andreev, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5), to reach the final.
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Roger Federer and Jarkko Nieminen are to contest the final of the Swiss Indoors after both win on Saturday.
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Top-seeded Elena Dementieva of Russia bested unseeded Maria Elena Camerin of Italy 6-3, 6-3 on Saturday to reach the Gaz de France Stars final.
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Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova advanced to the final of the Swisscom Challenge, defeating fellow Russian Elena Dementieva 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in one of Saturday&#39;s semifinals.
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Werner Eschauer of Austria and the qualifier Steve Darcis of Belgium advanced to the final of the Dutch Open yesterday in Amersfoort, Netherlands. Neither one has played for an ATP title before. Darcis, ranked 297th, upset the second-seeded Mikhail Youzhny, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5, and Eschauer defeated Robin Haase, 6-4, 6-4, in the semifinals.At the clay-court Palermo Open in Italy, the 18-year-old Agnes Szavay reached her first career final by beating Sara Errani, 7-6 (0), 6-1, in the semifinals. Szavay, seeded eighth, will face the second-seeded Martina MÃ¼ller in the final today. MÃ¼ller defeated Karin Knapp, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1.At the Western & Southern Financial Group Womenâs Open in Mason, Ohio, Akiko Morigami earned her second berth in a final in three years by outlasting the qualifier Akgul Amanmuradova, 6-7 (8), 6-4, 6-3. She will play the top-seeded Anna Chakvetadze in the final today. Chakvetadze advanced with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 win over the third-seeded Sania Mirza.
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Ana Ivanovic beats Maria Sharapova to reach her first Grand Slam final at the French Open.
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Amelie Mauresmo from France returns the ball to Serbia&#39;s Jelena Jankovic during their semifinal match at the Generali Ladies, WTA tennis tournament in Linz, Austria on Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004.
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Jiri Novak won his second title in three weeks with a battling performance against David Nalbandian in the final of the Swiss Indoors on Sunday.
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Amelie Mauresmo of France won the Linz Open on Sunday, defeating Russia&#39;s Elena Bovina in the final. Top seed Mauresmo never looked in trouble against her ninth-ranked opponent and took the first set 6-2.
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No. 7 seed Elena Bovina and No. 8 seed Nathalie Dechy advance to today&#39;s final following their respective semifinal wins Friday on Stadium Court at the Connecticut Tennis Center.
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Rafael Nadalâs match ended after Paul-Henri Mathieu retired with an injured left calf muscle with the second-ranked Spaniard ahead 6-4, 3-0.
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GaÃ«l Monfils of France upset top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, 3-6, 6-4, 7-5, yesterday in the first round of the Swiss Open in Gstaad. Monfils and Davydenko were tied at 5-5 in the third set Tuesday when rain forced the match to be suspended.Also, Stefan Koubek of Austria defeated second-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia, 6-4, 6-3, and third-seeded Richard Gasquet of France defeated Ruben RamÃ­rez Hidalgo of Spain, 6-3, 6-4.
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Lleyton Hewitt strong first serve and excellent court coverage ended the best week of Gilles Muller&#39;s career. Hewitt beat the Luxembourg player 6-3, 6-4 Sunday in the final of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic.
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Top-seeded Rafael Nadal beat Feliciano LÃ³pez, 6-1, 7-5, Saturday to reach the final of the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany.
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Amelie Mauresmo from France touches her taped leg in the final against Lindsay Davenport of the US at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix at Filderstadt near Stuttgart, southwestern Germany, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004.
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Gilles Muller of Luxembourg stunned top-seeded Andre Agassi 6-4, 7-5 to reach the final of the Washington Classic, depriving the American veteran of an opportunity to pick up a sixth victory at the event.
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Nathalie Dechy of France and Dinara Safina of Russia won the U.S. Open women's doubles title in their first tournament together, beating Chan Yung-Jan and Chuang Chia-Jung of Taiwan 6-4, 6-2 in Sunday's final.