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Davydenko dashes Ancic's dreams

PARIS: Fourth-seeded Nikolay Davydenko beat Mario Ancic 6-3, 6-3 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters tennis tournament and ended the ninth-seeded Croat's bid to make the Masters Cup.

Sixth-seeded Tommy Robredo also reached the semifinals when he beat Jarkko Nieminen of Finland 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 6-4. Robredo will now play Davydenko, who is yet to drop a set.

``I was playing against a much better guy,'' Ancic said. ``It's hard when you're dealing with Nikolay in the form he is. I have to be a man and say `well done.'''

Davydenko believes he is in ``the best indoor form'' of his career. Davydenko has won four titles this season.

In another quarterfinal, 17th-seeded Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia upset defending champion and No. 8 Tomas Berdych 6-4, 1-6, 6-2.

The results (Quarterfinals):

At Paris (ATP BNP Paribas Paris Masters): Tommy Haas bt Marat Safin 7-6(1), 3-6, 6-3; Dominik Hrbaty bt Tomas Berdych 6-4, 1-6, 6-2; Nikolay Davydenko bt Mario Ancic 6-3, 6-3; Tommy Robredo bt Jarkko Nieminen 6-7(4), 7-6(4), 6-4.

At Hasselt (Belgium) (WTA Gaz de France Stars): Vera Zvonareva bt Aravane Rezai 7-6(5), 6-2; Kim Clijsters bt Sandra Kloesel 6-1, 6-0; Michaella Krajicek bt Ana Ivanovic 6-3, 6-4; Kaia Kanepi bt Francesca Schiavone 6-2, 7-5.

At Quebec City (Canada) (WTA Bell Challenge): Severine Bremond bt Martina Sucha 6-1, 6-4; Marion Bartoli bt Shenay Perry 6-1, 6-0; Olga Poutchkova bt Jelena Jankovic 2-6, 6-4, 3-1 (retired); Lilia Osterloh bt Aleksandra Wozniak 6-3, 6-2. — Agencies

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