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Roddick in final

DUBAI: American sixth seed Andy Roddick will play unseeded Spaniard Feliciano Lopez in the final of the Dubai Championships on Saturday. Roddick overcame third seed Novak Djokovic of Serbia 7-6(5), 6-3.

Bhupathi-Knowles enter final

In the doubles, India’s Mahesh Bhupathi and his partner Mark Knowles of Bahamas stormed into the finals with a straight set thrashing of second seeds Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle.

Bhupathi and Knowles, seeded fourth, scripted a resounding 6-2 6-0 victory over the Swedish-Austrian combination and will now face third-seeded Czech pair of Martin Damm and Pavel Vizner.

In Los Angeles, fourth seed Guillermo Canas, bidding for an eighth ATP title, booked his place in the Las Vegas Open semifinals beating American qualifier Amer Delic 6-4, 6-4.

American wildcard Robby Ginepri swept past Latvia’s Ernests Gulbis 6-1 6-2 in less than an hour to reach the last four for the third time this year.

Ginepri next faces South African qualifier Kevin Anderson, who crushed Yevgeny Korolev of Russia 6-2, 6-0.

The results:

At Dubai (ATP Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships): Singles: Semifinals: Andy Roddick bt Novak Djokovic 7-6(5), 6-3. Doubles: Semifinals: Mahesh Bhupathi & Mark Knowles bt Simon Aspelin & Julian Knowle 6-2, 6-0.

At Las Vegas (ATP Tennis Channel Open): Quarterfinals: Sam Querrey bt Julien Benneteau 7-5, 6-2; Robby Ginepri bt Ernests Gulbis 6-1, 6-2; Guillermo Canas bt Amer Delic 6-4, 6-4; Kevin Anderson bt Evgeny Korolev 6-2, 6-0.

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