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Ancic makes it to final

ST. PETERSBURG: Third-seeded Mario Ancic beat wild card Ernest Gulbis 6-2, 6-3 in the semifinals on Saturday to reach the St. Petersburg Open tennis final.

The results: At Basel (Swiss Indoors Open): Semifinals: Fernando Gonzalez bt Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 6-4. Quarterfinals: Roger Federer bt David Ferrer 6-3, 7-6(14); Stanislas Wawrinka bt David Nalbandian 7-6(7), 6-2; Paradorn Srichaphan bt Jose Acasuso 7-6(2), 6-3.

At St. Petersburg (ATP St. Petersburg Open): Semifinals: Mario Ancic bt Ernest Gulbis 6-2, 6-3;Thomas Johansson bt Igor Kunitsyn 6-3, 7-6(3). Quarterfinals: Igor Kunitsyn bt Potito Starace 6-3, 6-2; Mario Ancic bt Max Mirnyi 6-4, 7-5.

At Lyon (Grand Prix de Tennis): Quarterfinals: Richard Gasquet bt Robin Soederling 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Arnaud Clement bt Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 6-2; Marc Gicquel bt Sebastien Grosjean 7-5, 1-6, 7-6(5); Xavier Malisse bt Robby Ginepri 6-4, 6-3.

At Linz (Linz WTA Tennis Open): Semifinals: Maria Sharapova bt Patty Schnyder 7-5, 7-5; Nadia Petrova bt Nicole Vaidisova 6-1, 6-2. Quarterfinals: Patty Schnyder bt Vera Zvonareva 7-6(2), 6-4; Maria Sharapova bt Ana Ivanovic 7-6(3),7-5; Nadia Petrova bt Samantha Stosur 6-1, 6-3; Nicole Vaidisova bt Jelena Jankovic 5-7, 7-6(5), 6-4. — Agencies

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