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Roddick in final
BEIJING: Andy Roddick was forced to dig deep to beat his unfancied opponent in his China Open semifinal on Saturday as women’s top seed Jelena Jankovic continued her march towards the title.
The big-serving American battled to a 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-1 win over 137-ranked Bjorn Phau.
Meanwhile in Bangkok, top seeded Indo-Czech pair of Leander Paes and Lukas Dlouhy stormed into the summit clash of the Thailand Open after inflicting a straight-set defeat on Fabrice Santoro and Jo-Wilfred Tsonga.
The results:
At Beijing: China Open: Men: Semifinals: Dudi Sela bt Rainer Schuettler 6-3, 6-3; Andy Roddick bt Bjorn Phau 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-1.
Women: Semifinals: Jelena Jankovic bt Vera Zvonareva 6-4, 2-6, 6-4; Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Zheng Jie 7-6(3), 7-5.
At Bangkok: Thailand Open: Semifinals: Jo-Wilfried Tsonga bt Gael Monfils 6-0, 6-3; Novak Djokovic bt Tomas Berdych 7-5, 6-1.
Doubles (semifinals): Leander Paes & Lukas Dlouhy bt Fabrice Santoro & Jo-Wilfred Tsonga 6-4, 6-2; Scott Lipsky & David Martin bt Julien Benneteau & Nicolas Mahut 6-3, 3-6, 10-7. — Agencies
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