Gasquet to face Almagro in Swiss Open final

GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) -Frenchman Richard Gasquet has beaten Yuri Schukin of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the final of the Swiss Open.

Seventh-seeded Gasquet won convincingly Saturday against the 147th-ranked Schukin, who was playing his first career semifinal.

Gasquet, the 2006 champion on Gstaad's outdoor clay, will meet Spaniard Nicolas Almagro in the final Sunday.

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Second-seeded Almagro beat countryman Daniel Gimeno-Traver 7-6 (7), 3-6, 6-3.

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Ivanovic, Radwanska advance at Stanford

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -Serbia's Ana Ivanovic beat Alisa Kleybanova, 6-3, 6-2, Monday night in the first round of the Bank of the West Classic, ending a two-match losing streak to the 26th-ranked Russian.

The former No. 1 player, currently ranked No. 63, her lowest in five years, was awarded a wildcard into the event. She took advantage of it.

Third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska needed three sets to beat South Africa's Chanelle Scheepers, 7-4, 4-6, 6-3 in her first-round match.

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The 11th-ranked Polish star recorded both of her aces in the third set and won both of her break points. Radwanska, who reached the semifinals at Dubai and Indian Wells, and the fourth round at Wimbledon, has won four of her last five matches after winning four of her previous 10.

Scheepers, ranked 91st, had a nice run at the French Open earlier this year, reaching the fourth round as a qualifier and making her debut in the top 100 on June 7.

In other first round matches, Olga Govortsova defeated Alla Kudryavtsena, 6-1, 6-1 and Dominika Cibulkova downed Stanford senior Hilary Barte, 6-2, 6-2.

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Dolgopolov, Chela reach 2nd round at Croatia Open

UMAG, Croatia (AP) -Sixth-seeded Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine overcame Paolo Lorenzi of Italy 6-3, 6-7 (6), 7-6 (3) in a back-and-forth match Monday to reach the second round of the Croatia Open.

Lorenzi served for the match at 6-5 in the third set and had a 3-1 lead in the tiebreaker, but didn't win a point after that.

The 42nd-ranked Dolgopolov served for the match at 5-4 in the second, but Lorenzi broke back before taking the tiebreaker.

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Dolgopolov will next meet Croatian wild card Franco Skugor, who routed two-time Umag finalist Filippo Volandri of Italy 6-2, 6-1 in 56 minutes.

It was only the third career ATP-level singles victory for the 22-years-old Skugor, who reached the quarterfinals at the Swedish Open two weeks ago.

Eighth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentine also advanced after breaking Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo of Spain four times in a 6-4, 6-1 win.

Top-seeded Nikolay Davydenko and second-seeded Jurgen Melzer, the French Open semifinalist, have a bye in the first round.

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Fish outlasts Isner to win Atlanta final

ATLANTA (AP) -Mardy Fish won his second straight tournament and 10th straight match, beating John Isner 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) in the finals of the Atlanta Tennis Championships on Sunday.

Fish, who won in Newport earlier this month, took the first four points of the tiebreaker. Isner rallied to win the next three points but couldn't pull even.

With temperatures in the mid-90s, the match lasted 2 hours, 45 minutes. The on-court temperature hovered near 150 degrees.

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Americans Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram beat Rohan Bopanna of India and Kristof Vliegen of Belgium 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 12-10 in the doubles final. Lipsky and Ram did not lose a set until the final.

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Goerges wins Gastein Ladies title

BAD GASTEIN, Austria (AP) -Julia Goerges of Germany has won her first WTA Tour title by beating Switzerland's Timea Bacsinszky 6-1, 6-4 in the final of the Gastein Ladies.

The 65th-ranked Goerges, playing in her maiden final, broke Bacsinszky three times and won the opening set when the second-seeded Swiss player double-faulted on set point.

Bacsinszky led 4-2 in the second set but then was broken twice as Goerges wrapped up the victory.

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Earlier Sunday, Goerges beat France's Alize Cornet by the same score in a semifinal that was rescheduled from the previous day because of rain.

The $220,000 Gastein Ladies was the last clay-court tournament of the season.

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Del Potro unable to defend U.S. Open title?

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -Defending U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro, who is on the provisional entry list for the Grand Slam this year, has yet to pick up a racket after wrist surgery and the start of the tournament just over five weeks away.

Del Potro said Saturday on his Twitter page that he "continues getting better" but said he could not set a date for his return.

"I still haven't picked up a racket," he said. "This is why I can't set an exact date."

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The United States Tennis Association said in a statement on Thursday that Del Potro was "expected to return to Grand Slam competition."

The Argentine has been sidelined since January with a right wrist injury that required surgery.

Del Potro's kinesiologist also put the Argentine's U.S. Open return in doubt.

"Nothing is sure," Diego Rivas said. "The goal is to return in Bangkok."

The Thailand Open begins on Sept. 27.

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Ex-tennis standout Srichaphan racing bikes

PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) -Former tennis star Paradorn Srichaphan is getting on a bike and beginning a new career as a motorcycle racer.

The 31-year-old Thai was once ranked No. 9 and was Asia's top player. He retired this year after a chronic wrist injury kept him off the tour for three years.

He plans to remain involved in tennis, but for now wants to indulge a lifelong passion. This weekend he entered the 1000cc superbike category as an amateur in the Pro Series Thailand Championship.

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"I have loved motorcycle racing since I was young," he said.

Paradorn, who is married to a former Miss Universe, tried his hand at several pursuits since leaving tennis. He starred in a movie, opened a restaurant and sold dietary supplements. And, of course, there was racing. He is now part of the Elf Smart Sports Racing Team.

Paradorn made a brief tennis comeback last September at the ATP Thailand Open, losing a doubles match. He planned a serious comeback at Wimbledon this year, but he injured both arms and his left leg in a second motorcycle racing accident in April.

"It was the most serious arm injury of my life," he said. "I can still hit the ball but not at the level that I would want to. I have been away too long from the circuit and I'm not young anymore. At the same time I have some businesses and I want to enter motor racing. So I decided to call it a day for tennis."

Paradorn plans to make his official tennis farewell at this year's Thailand Open in September and might enter the tournament as an amateur. He also will coach promising youngsters and captain Thailand's Davis Cup team.

"As I said before, I will never feel sorry that I quit because I achieved more than I expected," he said. "I'd rather move on and do what I love."

His goals for racing are less ambitious.

"I don't aim to be a race champion, top three will do," he said. "But my real goal is to become a racing team manager one day."

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