Dodig meets Tursunov in Unicef final
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June 18, 2011, Saturday
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MARCOS Baghdatis' 26th birthday started well yesterday with a convincing straight-sets victory over Denis Gremelmayr at the Unicef Open in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, but Ivan Dodig cut short his celebrations by beating the Cypriot 7-6 (4), 6-1 to in the semifinals.
Baghdatis disposed of German Gremelmayr 6-1, 6-0 in just 47 minutes in a match held over from a rain-soaked Thursday, but after Dodig edged a close first set the Cypriot ran out of steam and capitulated 6-1 in the second set to give Dodig a shot at his second ATP title.
"I was a little bit lucky maybe in the first set," the Croat said. "In the second set I was more relaxed."
Fourth-seeded Dodig will face unseeded Dmitry Tursunov in the final after the Russian beat third-seeded Xavier Malisse of Belgium 6-3, 7-6 (1) in the other semifinal. Both men had to finish their rain-interrupted quarterfinals earlier yesterday.
In the women's draw, Roberta Vinci of Italy beat Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova 7-5, 6-1 to set up a final against Jelena Dokic.
Dokic, who is seeking her seventh title, had an easy path to the final when her Italian opponent Romina Oprandi injured her left wrist and had to pull out of their semifinal with Dokic leading 6-4, 2-0.
Right-handed Oprandi had the wrist bandaged after falling in the first set and continued playing but Australian Dokic, who has not yet dropped a set, broke her serve twice to take the set and again in the second set before Oprandi retired.
Vinci was one of the few players whose quarterfinal was completed on Thursday, while Cibulkova had to wrap up a 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 victory over second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia yesterday. Their match was suspended on Thursday with the Slovak leading 3-0 in the final set.
Baghdatis disposed of German Gremelmayr 6-1, 6-0 in just 47 minutes in a match held over from a rain-soaked Thursday, but after Dodig edged a close first set the Cypriot ran out of steam and capitulated 6-1 in the second set to give Dodig a shot at his second ATP title.
"I was a little bit lucky maybe in the first set," the Croat said. "In the second set I was more relaxed."
Fourth-seeded Dodig will face unseeded Dmitry Tursunov in the final after the Russian beat third-seeded Xavier Malisse of Belgium 6-3, 7-6 (1) in the other semifinal. Both men had to finish their rain-interrupted quarterfinals earlier yesterday.
In the women's draw, Roberta Vinci of Italy beat Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova 7-5, 6-1 to set up a final against Jelena Dokic.
Dokic, who is seeking her seventh title, had an easy path to the final when her Italian opponent Romina Oprandi injured her left wrist and had to pull out of their semifinal with Dokic leading 6-4, 2-0.
Right-handed Oprandi had the wrist bandaged after falling in the first set and continued playing but Australian Dokic, who has not yet dropped a set, broke her serve twice to take the set and again in the second set before Oprandi retired.
Vinci was one of the few players whose quarterfinal was completed on Thursday, while Cibulkova had to wrap up a 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 victory over second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia yesterday. Their match was suspended on Thursday with the Slovak leading 3-0 in the final set.
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