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Hantuchova in final

EASTBOURNE, JUNE 18. Daniela Hantuchova rallied to upset top-seeded Amelie Mauresmo 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 on Friday to reach the final of the Eastbourne grass-court tournament.

Johansson dethrones Rusedski

Former Australian Open champion Thomas Johansson beat titleholder Greg Rusedski 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) to reach the semifinals of the Nottingham Open grass-court tournament on Thursday.

Top-seeded Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand, meanwhile, advanced by defeating Morocco's Hicham Arazi, seeded seventh, 6-3, 6-4. Paradorn next faces Sweden's Robin Soderling, who downed Flavio Saretta 6-3, 6-4.

Rusedski, who received a wild card at Wimbledon, was upbeat about his quarterfinal performance, a day after he won back-to-back matches for the first time in a year.

"I think I played better than my first two matches so that's the positive, and the other positive is I get a little bit more time to prepare for Wimbledon," the British player said.

Johansson said that entering Nottingham as a qualifier helped his game. "It was good to come here early and practice with the British players," the 29-year-old Swede said.

He won the Australian Open in 2002 but missed the whole of last season after undergoing knee surgery.

"I still have a lot to work on," Johansson said.

Paes-Erlich pair

in semifinals

In the Ordina Open at Den Bosch, the third-seeded pair of Jonathan Erlich and Leander Paes beat Thierry Ascione and Michael Llodra of France 6-3, 6-2 to reach the semifinals.

The results:

At Eastbourne (Hastings championships): Semifinals: Daniela Hantuchova bt Amelie Mauresmo 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Quarterfinals: Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Tina Pisnik, Slovenia 3-6, 6-2, 6-3.

At Den Bosch (Ordina Open): Men (second round): Mario Ancic bt Igor Andreev 6-3, 6-1; Martin Verkerk bt Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 2-0 (retd.); Guillermo Coria bt Michael Kohlmann 6-4, 6-2; Arnaud Clement bt Dennis van Scheppingen 7-5, 1-0 (retd.).

Women (quarterfinals): Anabel Medina Garrigues bt Claudine Schaul 6-4, 6-0; Lina Krasnoroutskaya bt Jelena Jankovic 6-4, 6-1; Klara Koukalova bt Barbara Schett 6-4, 6-2;

Mary Pierce bt Anne Kremer 6-4, 6-2.

At Nottingham (Nottingham Open): Taylor Dent bt Victor Hanescu 5-7, 7-6(2), 7-6(7); Robin Soderling bt Flavio Saretta 6-3, 6-4; Thomas Johansson bt Greg Rusedski 4-6, 7-5, 7-6(5); Paradorn Srichaphan bt Hicham Arazi 6-3, 6-4.

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