Almagro, Dolgopolov into final of Brazil Open

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (AP) - Top-seeded Nicolas Almagro of Spain will face Alexandr Dolgopolov in Saturday's final of the Brazil Open.

Almagro bounced back from a lopsided first set to beat Juan Ignacio Chela 1-6, 6-2, 6-4 on Friday and reach the final.

Almagro, who won this tournament in 2008, will be bidding for his eighth ATP title, and the previous seven have come on clay - the surface in Brazil.

Almagro closed out the match by breaking fifth-seeded Chela of Argentina in the final game to take the third set.

Fourth-seeded Dolgopolov of Ukraine, a quarterfinalist in the Australian Open, reached his first ATP final with a 59-minute victory over Ricardo Mello of Brazil, 6-2, 6-1.

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Hantuchova ends Zvonareva's winning run in Pattaya

PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) -Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia beat an angry Vera Zvonareva 7-6 (3), 6-4 in the semifinals on Saturday to end the Russian's hopes of a third straight title at the Pattaya Open.

Zvonareva's 13-match winning streak at the tournament came to a dramatic end when she was deducted a point in the 10th game of the second set for swearing.

The No. 3-ranked Russian, who had earlier been warned for smashing a racquet, argued with umpire Jennifer Zhang and called for tournament supervisor Jimmy Moore.

But the decision stood and left Hantuchova with a match point that she duly converted to seal the win in two hours, 16 minutes.

"She (the umpire) said that I cursed on the court," Zvonareva said. "First of all, whatever she heard was not what I said. But it didn?t matter she shouldn't have done that.

"But it's OK. It happened."

Zvonareva had also been rattled by a line call during the first set tiebreaker that put Hantuchova in charge at 5-2. The two-time defending champion won only one more point before losing the set in 67 minutes.

"The whole tournament was difficult for me," Zvonareva said. "Everyone starts talking about me winning the third time. I was tired physically and mentally. My focus wasn't there."

Hantuchova, seeking her fourth career title and first since 2007, will play eighth-seeded Sara Errani in Sunday's final.

"Definitely I'm very hungry (for the title). It's about time, it's been four years," Hantuchova said. "It was a really good fight (against Zvonareva). I have to say it's one of the best matches I've played in the last few years."

Errani beat fellow Italian Roberta Vinci 6-1, 6-4 in the other semifinal to reach her first final since losing to Dinara Safina in Portoroz in 2009.

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Clijsters closes in on No. 1 ranking in Paris

PARIS (AP) -Kim Clijsters moved to within one win of taking the No. 1 ranking by rallying to beat Kristina Barrois of Germany 4-6, 6-2, 6-0 in the second round of the Open Gaz de France on Wednesday.

The Australian Open champion just needs to win her quarterfinal match on Friday to snatch the top spot from Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark.

Meanwhile, Andrea Petkovic of Germany, Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium and Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden advanced to the second round.

Clijsters got off to a sluggish start, dropping serve twice to give Barrois a 4-0 lead.

The top-seeded Belgian fought back to cut the deficit to 4-3, but Barrois held her nerves, converting her first set point when Clijsters sent a backhand volley into the net.

Clijsters hit a backhand winner crosscourt in the next set for a 3-1 lead. She broke Barrois with a backhand winner for a 4-2 lead, clinching the second set when a forehand from Barrois sailed long.

Clijsters was in complete control in the final set, although she had to save three break points in the third game.

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Chela advances to second round

COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (AP) -Fifth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina beat Brazilian Rogerio Dutra Da Silva 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 6-3 to reach the second round of the Brazil Open on Tuesday.

In other first-round matches at the clay-court event, No. 6 seed Tommy Robredo of Spain rallied to beat Italy's Fabio Fognini 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-3 and seventh-seeded Potito Starace of Italy overcame Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas 6-4, 5-7, 6-4.

Also, Carlos Berlocq of Argentina downed Andre Ghem of Brazil, 6-4, 6-3, Rui Machado of Portugal beat Argentina's Facundo Bagnis 6-4, 6-2, Lukasz Kubot of Poland advanced against Eduardo Schwank of Argentina 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (2) and Brazil's Ricardo Mello cruised past Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 6-4, 6-3.

Nicolas Almargo is the top-seeded player and fellow Spaniard Albert Montanes is No. 2. Both have byes into the second round.

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Fabio Fognini reaches Movistar Open quarterfinals

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -Seventh-seeded Fabio Fognini of Italy reached the quarterfinals of the Movistar Open on Wednesday by defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas of Spain 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Maximo Gonzalez of Argentina also advanced at the clay-court tournament with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory over Joao Souza of Brazil.

Defending champion Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil was due to play Rui Machado of Portual later in a second-round match. Sixth-seeded Tommy Robredo of Spain was scheduled to play a late match against Brazil's Ricardo Mello.

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Top-seeded Cilic advances in Zagreb Indoors

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) -Top-seeded Marin Cilic from Croatia advanced to the quarterfinals of the Zagreb Indoors after defeating Igor Kunitsyn from Russia 7-6 (3), 6-2.

Earlier, fifth-seeded German Florian Mayer also advanced by overcoming Radek Stepanek from the Czech Republic 7-6 (3), 6-3. Third-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain made it to the last eight by beating Lukas Lacko of Slovakia 6-1, 6-2, 6-2.

In first-round matches, Ukraine's Illya Marchenko defeated Serbian qualifier Dusan Lajovic 7-5, 6-2 and France's Arnaud Clement defeated Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin 6-4, 6-3.

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Bryan brothers win fifth Aussie doubles title

MELBOURNE, Australia - American twins Bob and Mike Bryan won their fifth Australian Open doubles title and 10th Grand Slam championship, beating Indian legends Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday.

The Bryans have held the No. 1 ranking in doubles for the past eight years. They have also won the U.S Open three times and the French Open and Wimbledon once each.

The Bryan brothers, who won the Australian title in 2006, '07, '09 and last year, and have also been runners-up twice, didn't lose their serve and broke the Indian team twice. They celebrated the win with their familiar chest bump.

The twins already hold the record for the most tournament titles of any men's pairing in the Open Era, which they stretched to 68, seven better than retired Australians Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge.

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