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Del Potro, Verdasco reach Estoril final
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 01 - 05 - 2011

OEIRAS, Portugal: Juan Martin del Potro beat Pablo Cuevas 6-2, 7-6 (6) to reach his second final of the season at the Estoril Open Saturday, where Fernando Verdasco awaits after the Spanish player got past Milos Raonic.
Del Potro, the 2009 US Open champion, dropped only six points on his first serve and hit four aces, while Cuevas was unable to claim a single break chance against the fifth-seeded player.
Del Potro broke Cuevas' serve twice in the first set but failed on eight break chances in the second as his 65th-ranked opponent took it to a tiebreaker where the Argentine saved a set point before converting his first match point to dispatch his Uruguayan opponent.
Verdasco's lone break of the hard-hitting Raonic's serve was enough to secure the first set 6-4 before the Canadian player retired just after the start of the second set. The 12th-ranked Verdasco had previously lost to Raonic in the final at San Jose and in Memphis.
Both players were on court for the second time Saturday after rain then darkness had delayed their quarterfinals matches on Friday.
Verdasco rallied to beat Kevin Anderson of South Africa 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-3 and Raonic battled another rain delay to secure a hard-fought 7-6 (4), 4-6, 6-3 win over Frenchman Gilles Simon.
Meanwhile, Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain braved a rain delay to capture her 10th WTA title by beating Kristina Barrois of Germany 6-1, 6-2 in the women's final.
Davydenko-Mayer final
Former winner Nikolay Davydenko of Russia advanced to the final of the BMW Open when his semifinal opponent Radek Stepanek retired with a hamstring injury in Munich.
The seventh-seeded Davydenko, who won the Munich tournament in 2004, led 6-3, 4-0 when the Czech quit. Davydenko had treatment on his foot in the first set. In the final, Davydenko will play fifth-seeded Florian Mayer, who beat fellow German Philipp Petzschner 6-3, 6-4.
Djokovic in final
World No. 2 Novak Djokovic took his season's winning streak to 26-0 Saturday, reaching the Belgrade claycourt final when Serbian Davis Cup colleague Janko Tipsarevic handed him a semifinal walkover.
Tipsarevic was suffering from a right leg injury and opted against playing the last-four clash with the French Open just three weeks away.
Djokovic won the title in the tournament's inaugural 2009 edition with victory over Lukasz Kubot of Poland.
The 23-year-old Djokovic, chasing his fifth title of 2011, will face Feliciano Lopez in Sunday's final after the Spaniard enjoyed a 7-6 (7-3), 6-2 victory over Italian Filippo Volandri,
Vinci claims Barcelona Open
Roberta Vinci won her second Barcelona Open title in three years by rallying to beat Czech player Lucie Hradecka 4-6, 6-2, 6


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