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Bhupathi-Stepanek pair loses in final

DUBAI: India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic went down 7-5, 6-7(3), 10-7 to France's Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia in the final of the doubles event at the Dubai Open tennis tournament on Saturday.

Meanwhile on Friday, Roger Federer beat Tommy Haas 6-4, 7-5 on Friday to reach his fifth straight singles final.

Moya in final

Former World No. 1 Carlos Moya shocked top-seeded Juan Carlos Ferrero on Friday to reach the men's final of the ATP Mexico Open claycourt tournament at Acapulco.

The results:

At Dubai (Dubai Open): Doubles: Final: Fabrice Santoro & Nenad Zimonjic bt Mahesh Bhupathi & Radek Stepanek 7-5, 6-7(3), 10-7. Singles: Semifinals: Roger Federer bt Tommy Haas 6-4, 7-5.

At Doha (Qatar Open): Semifinals: Justine Henin bt Jelena Jankovic 6-7(5), 6-2, 6-4; Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Daniela Hantuchova 6-4, 6-2.

At Acapulco (Mexico Open): Semifinals: Men: Juan Ignacio Chela bt Agustin Calleri 4-6, 5-5, retd.; Carlos Moya bt Juan Carlos Ferrero 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. Women: Emilie Loit bt Julia Schruff 0-6, 6-2, 6-1; Flavia Pennetta bt Sara Errani 6-2, 6-4.

At Las Vegas (Tennis Channel Open): Quarterfinals: Evgeny Korolev bt Samuel Querrey 6-4, 6-4; Marat Safin bt Fernando Verdasco 6-1, 6-4; Jurgen Melzer bt Jan Hernych 6-3, 3-6, 6-3; Lleyton Hewitt bt Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-2.

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