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It depends on some factors like ,

1. the terms of their break up
2. how u saw/felt they loved each other (the two ex(es))

love(emotions) is a pivotal ingredient that brings two together to love each or to establish a relationship. even if they break up, they still will have memories of each other's good/bad times. in a case where sex was involved in their relationship, there could be a repetition of that even after break up depending on how they permit the opportunity whenever the two ex (es) have the chance to spend an appreciable time together. and we guys know this, once u do it, u can always gain access again,  (it depends on your level of discpline). But since this can be prevented, y not consider some other babes (there're lots of girls out there). It's even possible to prevent the emergence of a relationship with your friend's ex when u begin to feel the imminence of feelings between u two before things seem to get out of hand.

have u ever heard this? ,  that a guy hates to hear a girl talk about her ex in his presence. It's true

this is what i opine!

Well said, Ruudie.

Third Round Fixtures:

Guillermo Canas (ARG)  vs.  Carlos Moya (ESP)
Janko Tipsarevic (SRB)  vs.  David Ferrer (ESP)
Novak Djokovic (SRB)  vs.  Evgueni Korolev (RUS)
Julien Benneteau (FRA)  vs.  James Blake (USA)
Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)  vs.  Jan Hernych (CZE)
Nicolas Mahut (FRA)  vs.  Andrew Murray (GBR)
Tommy Haas (GER)  vs.  Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)
Robin Soderling (SWE)  vs.  Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)
Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)  vs.  Thomas Johansson (SWE)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)  vs.  David Nalbandian (ARG)
Richard Gasquet (FRA)  vs.  Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Olivier Rochus (BEL)  vs.  Andy Roddick (USA)
Gilles Simon (FRA)  vs.  Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)  vs.  Michael Russell (USA)
Jose Acasuso (ARG)  vs.  Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP)
Fernando Verdasco (ESP)  vs.  Rafael Nadal (ESP)

Other 2nd Round Results:

Canas - Federer 7-5, 6-2
Moyà - Stepanek 6-3, 6-4
Tipsarevic - Hewitt 7-6, 4-6, 6-2
Ferrer - Horna 6-3, 6-1
Djokovic - Ginepri 6-4, 6-4
Korolev - Tursunov 6-4, 6-6
Benneteau - Melzer 6-4, 6-4
Blake - Serra 6-3, 7-6
Davydenko - Querrey 2-6, 7-6, 6-2
Hernych - Calleri 6-3, 6-3
Mahut - Safin 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
Murray - Moodie 6-3, 6-3
Haas - Llodra 6-4, 6-1
Gabashvili - Hrbaty 7-5, 6-3
Soderling - Bracciali 6-3, 6-4
Gonzalez - Dancevic 7-6, 6-5
Ljubicic - Falla 6-7, 6-4, 6-4
Johansson - Almagro 7-6, 7-5
Mathieu - Fish 7-6, 4-6, 7-6
Nalbandian - Kohlschreiber 1-6, 7-5, 7-6
Simon - Robredo 6-7, 6-3, 6-0
Chela - Bjorkman 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
Garcia-Lopez - Baghdatis 7-5, 7-5
Russell - Berdych 7-6, 6-4

Lucky loser, Argentina Guillermo Canas has ended World number one Roger Federer's hope of breaking the records above.     

Federer suffered a stunning 7-5 6-2 upset in the second round at Indian Wells on Sunday.  What a relief for the other players! 

Some big names who also bowed out in the second round are: Lleyton Hewitt, Marat Safin, Robredo, Baghdatis, Mr. Hingis (Radek Stepanek), Tursunov, Berdych.

Some 2nd Round Results:

Rafael Nadal (ESP) bt. Arnaud Clement (FRA) 6/3 7/6
Fernando Verdasco (ESP) bt. Andreas Seppi (ITA) 7/6 6/3
Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) bt. Florian Mayer (GER) 6/0 6/2
Jose Acasuso (ARG) bt. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) 7/6 6/4
Andy Roddick (USA) bt. Feliciano Lopez (ESP) 7/6 6/4
Olivier Rochus (BEL) bt. Vincent Spadea (USA) 6/1 6/4
Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) bt. Paul Goldstein (USA) 1/6 6/4 6/4
Richard Gasquet (FRA) bt. Juan Marin Del Potro (ARG) 7/6 6/2

Nadal will be happy to see his potential fourth round opponent (Youzhny) bow out in the second round of the tournament.

Federer plays his first match of the tournament with Canas, who beat his opponent 6-1, 6-1 to reach the second round, later today.

Some Round 1 Results:

Canas - Hajek 6-1, 6-1
Moyà - Capdeville 6-4, 6-4
Tipsarevic - Srichaphan 6-4, 6-2
Horna - Volandri 6-0, 4-6, 6-2
Ginepri - Kendrick 7-5, 7-6
Korolev - Greul 6-7, 7-5, 6-1
Benneteau - Monfils 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
Serra - Pless 7-6, 6-4
Querrey - Rochus 6-2, 6-4
Hernych - Henman 7-5, 3-6, 7-5
Mahut - Monaco 3-6, 6-3, 7-6
Moodie - Dlouhy 7-5, 6-3
Llodra - Zib 6-4, 6-4
Gabashvili - Vliegen 6-3, 6-4
Bracciali - Gimelstob 6-2, 6-1
Dancevic - Waske 6-1, 6-7, 6-4
Falla - Becker 7-6, 6-3
Mathieu - Martin 6-4, 6-1
Kohlschreiber - Lee 6-4, 7-5
Del Potro - Kuerten 7-6, 6-2
Goldstein - Roitman 6-3, 7-6
Spadea - Koubek 6-1, 6-2
Lopez - Guccione 6-2, 7-6
Simon - Schuettler 6-1, 4-6, 7-5
Bjorkman - Phau 6-3, 4-6, 7-6
Garcia-Lopez - Massu 6-3 7-6
Russell - Gicquel 6-3, 7-5
Mayer - Kunitsyn 6-1, 6-2
Seppi - Kuznetsov 6-4, 6-4
Clément - Troicki 6-7, 6-4, 6-2

German Benjamin Becker fell in straight sets to Falla. British Tim Henman was also bundled out in the first round.

Some Round 2 Results:

Sharapova - Krajicek   7-6, 6-4
Dechy - Pennetta   6-7, 6-4, 6-2
Azarenka - Zheng   6-3, 7-5
Zvonareva - Craybas   7-5, 6-1
Li - Pratt   6-4, 1-6, 6-2
Bondarenko - Brianti   7-5, 7-5
Muller - Tu   2-6, 6-3, 6-3
Jankovic - Perry   6-1, 6-3
Hingis - Wozniacki   6-1, 6-3
Meusburger - Vinci   2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Schiavone - Sucha   6-4, 6-4
Hantuchova - Kanepi   6-2, 2-6, 6-1
Peer - Sun   6-3, 6-0
Safarova - Radwanska   6-3, 6-7, 7-6
Kirilenko - Dominguez Lino   3-6, 6-0, 6-4
Chakvetadze - Lucic   6-2, 7-5


Some Round 3 Fixtures:

Sharapova  vs.   Dechy
Azarenka  vs.  Zvonareva
Li  vs.  Bondarenko
Muller  vs.  Jankovic
Hingis  vs.  Meusburger
Schiavone  vs.  Hantuchova
Peer   vs.   Safarova
Kirilenko  vs.  Chakvetadze

I am in support of the away goals rule. It makes teams come out and play whether home or away. More importantly, it gives hope to any visiting team.

First/Second Fixtures:

Roger Federer (SUI)  vs.  Guillermo Canas (ARG) / Jan Hajek (CZE)
Carlos Moya (ESP) / Paul Capdeville (CHI)  vs.  Radek Stepanek (CZE)
 
Lleyton Hewitt (AUS)   vs.  Janko Tipsarevic (SRB) / Paradorn Srichaphan (THA)
Luis Horna (PER) / Filippo Volandri (ITA)  vs.  David Ferrer (ESP)

Novak Djokovic (SRB)  vs.  Robby Ginepri (USA) / Robert Kendrick (USA)
Evgueni Korolev (RUS) / Simon Greul (GER)  vs.  Dimitry Tursunov (RUS)

Jurgen Melzer (AUT)  vs. Gaël Monfils (FRA) / Julien Benneteau (FRA)
Kristian Pless (DEN) / Florent Serra (FRA)  vs.  James Blake (USA)

Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)  vs.  Christophe Rochus (BEL) / Sam Querrey (USA)
Tim Henman (GBR) / Jan Hernych (CZE)  vs.  Agustin Calleri (ARG)

Marat Safin (RUS)  vs.  Juan Monaco (ARG) / Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
Lukas Dlouhy (CZE) / Wesley Moodie (RSA)  vs.  Andrew Murray (GBR)

Tommy Haas (GER)  vs.  Thomas Zib (CZE) / Michaël Llodra (FRA)
Kristof Vliegen (BEL) / Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)  vs.  Dominik Hrbaty (SVK)

Robin Soderling (SWE)  vs.  Justin Gimelstob (USA) / Daniele Bracciali (ITA)
Frank Dancevic (CAN) / Alexander Waske (GER)  vs.  Fernando Gonzalez (CHI)

Ivan Ljubicic (CRO)  vs.  Benjamin Becker (GER) / Alejandro Falla (COL)
Max Mirnyi (BLR) / Thomas Johansson (SWE)  vs.  Nicolas Almagro (ESP)

Mardy Fish (USA)  vs.  Alberto Martin (ESP) / Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) / Hyung-Taik Lee (KOR)  vs.  David Nalbandian (ARG)

Richard Gasquet (FRA)   vs.  Gustavo Kuerten (BRA) / Juan Marin Del Potro (ARG)
Sergio Roitman (ARG) / Paul Goldstein (USA)  vs.  Jarkko Nieminen (FIN) 

Olivier Rochus (BEL)  vs.  Stefan Koubek (AUT) / Vincent Spadea (USA)
Feliciano Lopez (ESP) / Chris Guccione (AUS)  vs.  Andy Roddick (USA) 

Tommy Robredo (ESP)  vs.  Gilles Simon (FRA) / Rainer Schuettler (GER)
Bjorn Phau (GER) / Jonas Bjorkman (SWE)  vs.  Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG) 

Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)  vs.  Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP) / Nicolas Massu (CHI)
Michael Russell (USA) / Marc Gicquel (FRA)  vs.  Tomas Berdych (CZE) 

Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)  vs.  Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) / Jose Acasuso (ARG)
Florian Mayer (GER) / Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)  vs.  Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP) /

Fernando Verdasco (ESP)  vs.   Andreas Seppi (ITA) / Alex Kuznetsov (USA)
Viktor Troicki (SRB) / Arnaud Clement (FRA)  vs.   Rafael Nadal (ESP)


Update:  Malisse has pulled out because of an injured right wrist.

Federer has his eyes set on a number of records during the Pacific Life Open:

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[li]Currently on a personal-best winning streak of 41 matches, Federer would set a new Open Era record (since 1968) for the longest winning streak (47 matches) if he wins the title. Guillermo Vilas currently holds the record of 46 matches.[/li]
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[li]Federer has 495 career match victories. He would reach the elusive 500 match wins milestones if he advances to the final.[/li]
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[li]With $29.88 million in career earnings, Federer is poised to top $30 million during the tournament.[/li]
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[li]If he wins the title Federer have won the past eight tournaments has has played, tying the record currently shared by Bjorn Borg, Ivan Lendl and John McEnroe.[/li]
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As usual, Federer is the favourite to win the tournament. Who will stop him from breaking the records above?

Indian Wells Masters:

This is the first masters series tournment of the year.

The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held in the small city of Indian Wells, California.  The official sponsored name of the event is currently the Pacific Life Open.

The event is part of the ATP Masters Series on the men's tour and is a Tier 1 event on the women's tour.  The event, held in March, is one of two tour events (beside Miami Masters) in which main draw play extends beyond 8 days.  Men's main draw start on Friday and the final is on Sunday the following week.  The singles main draws include 96 players. The 32 seeded players get a bye to the second round.  Interestingly, unlike the female, all top 33 entered into this tournament.

Seeds:  ¹Roger Federer (SUI), ²Rafael Nadal (ESP), ³Andy Roddick (USA), ⁴Nikolay Davydenko (RUS), ⁵Fernando Gonzalez (CHI), ⁶James Blake (USA), ⁷Tommy Robredo (ESP), ⁸Ivan Ljubicic (CRO), ⁹Tommy Haas (GER), ¹⁰David Nalbandian (ARG), ¹¹Tomas Berdych (CZE), ¹²Novak Djokovic (SRB), ¹³Andrew Murray (GBR), ¹⁴David Ferrer (ESP), ¹⁵Richard Gasquet (FRA), ¹⁶Mikhail Youzhny (RUS), ¹⁷Marcos Baghdatis (CYP), ¹⁸Jarkko Nieminen (FIN), ¹⁹Lleyton Hewitt (AUS), ²⁰Dimitry Tursunov (RUS), ²¹Mardy Fish (USA), ²²Juan Carlos Ferrero (ESP), ²³Marat Safin (RUS), ²⁴Dominik Hrbaty (SVK), ²⁵Radek Stepanek (CZE), ²⁶Robin Soderling (SWE), ²⁷Jurgen Melzer (AUT), ²⁸Agustin Calleri (ARG), ²⁹Xavier Malisse (BEL), ³⁰Juan Ignacio Chela (ARG), ³¹Nicolas Almagro (ESP) and ³²Fernando Verdasco (ESP).

Other Masters Event:

Miami Masters
Monte Carlo Masters
Rome Masters

Currently on:
Hamburg Masters

Ope, thanks sir


WTA Indian Wells

Second Round Fixtures:

Maria Sharapova (RUS)  vs.  Michaella Krajicek (NED)
Nathalie Dechy (FRA)  vs.  Flavia Pennetta (ITA)
Jie Zheng (CHN)  vs.  Victoria Azarenka (BLR)
Jill Craybas (USA)  vs.  Vera Zvonareva (RUS)
Na Li (CHN)  vs.  Nicole Pratt (AUS)
Alberta Brianti (ITA)  vs.  Alyona Bondarenko (UKR)
Martina Muller (GER)  vs.  Meilen Tu (USA)
Shenay Perry (USA)  vs.  Jelena Jankovic (SRB)
Martina Hingis (SUI)  vs.  Caroline Wozniacki (DEN)
Yvonne Meusburger (AUT)  vs.  Roberta Vinci (ITA)
Francesca Schiavone (ITA)  vs.  Martina Sucha (SVK)
Kaia Kanepi (EST)  vs.  Daniela Hantuchova (SVK)
Shahar Peer (ISR)  vs.  Tian Tian Sun (CHN)
Agnieszka Radwanska (POL)  vs.  Lucie Safarova (CZE)
Maria Kirilenko (RUS)  vs.  Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP)
Mirjana Lucic (CRO)  vs.  Anna Chakvetadze (RUS)
Sybille Bammer (AUT)  vs.  Emma Laine (FIN)/Anastassia Rodionova (RUS)
Ashley Harkleroad (USA)/Vasilisa Bardina (RUS)  vs.  Shuai Peng (CHN)
Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP)  vs.  Aravane Rezaï (FRA)/Alicia Molik (AUS)
Katerina Bondarenko (UKR)/Vania King (USA)  vs.  Ana Ivanovic (SRB)
Tatiana Golovin (FRA)  vs.  Sandra Kloesel (GER)/Aiko Nakamura (JPN)
Tamarine Tanasugarn (THA)/Julia Vakulenko (UKR)  vs.  Samantha Stosur (AUS)
Séverine Brémond (FRA)  vs.  Laura Granville (USA)/Camille Pin (FRA)
Aleksandra Wosniak (CAN)/Gisella Dulko (ARG)  vs.  Nadia Petrova (RUS)
Nicole Vaidisova (CZE)  vs.  Bethanie Mattek (USA)/Brenda Schultz-McCarthy (NED)
Anastasia Yakimova (BLR)/Ahsha Rolle (USA)   vs.  Meghann Shaughnessy (USA)
Marion Bartoli (FRA)  vs.  Tszvetana Pironkova (BUL)/Stephanie Foretz (FRA)
Marta Domachowska (POL)/Catalina Castano (COL)  vs.  Dinara Safina (RUS)
Ai Sugiyama (JPN)  vs.  Virginie Razzano (FRA)/Meng Yuan (CHN)
Iveta Benesova (CZE)/Ekaterina Bychkova (RUS)  vs.  Tathiana Garbin (ITA)
Olga Poutchkova (RUS)  vs.  Elena Likhovtseva (RUS)/Akiko Morigami (JPN)
Lilia Osterloh (USA)/Romina Oprandi (ITA)  vs.  Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS)

I wonder why Mauresmo, Clijsters, Henin decided to ignore this tournament. 

This week's tournament (March 05 - March 18):

WTA Indian Wells  (USA)

Seeds:  Maria Sharapova (RUS), Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS), Martina Hingis (SUI), Nadia Petrova (RUS), Elena Dementieva (RUS), Nicole Vaidisova (CZE), Jelena Jankovic (SRB), Anna Chakvetadze (RUS), Dinara Safina (RUS), Ana Ivanovic (SRB), Shahar Peer (ISR), Na Li (CHN), Tatiana Golovin (FRA), Daniela Hantuchova (SVK), Vera Zvonareva (RUS), Ai Sugiyama (JPN), Marion Bartoli (FRA), Francesca Schiavone (ITA), Lucie Safarova (CZE), Tathiana Garbin (ITA), Samantha Stosur (AUS), Jie Zheng (CHN), Alyona Bondarenko (UKR), Anabel Medina Garrigues (ESP), Maria Kirilenko (RUS), Olga Poutchkova (RUS), Séverine Brémond (FRA), Martina Muller (GER), Meghann Shaughnessy (USA), Shuai Peng (CHN), Flavia Pennetta (ITA), Roberta Vinci (ITA).

Barca's out!

ATP Las Vegas:

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Lleyton Hewitt won the Tennis Channel Open for the third time, outlasting fourth-seeded Jurgen Melzer 6-4, 7-6 in the final Sunday.

The second-seeded Hewitt dropped the first three games of the second set and later fought off four set points before winning the thrilling tiebreaker.  A Melzer double-fault put Hewitt in command, giving him an 11-10 lead.

Hewitt capitalized on the next point, getting Melzer to hit it into the net. It was Hewitt's 26th career title, but only his third since January 2005.

ATP Acapulco:

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Fourth-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina won the Mexican Open title for the second time, beating eighth-seeded Carlos Moya of Spain, 6-3, 7-6 (2) Saturday night.

Chela's four career victories on the ATP Tour include a victory here in 2000. Last year he lost in the final to Luis Horna.

"There's something special with Mexico, I've always played great here," Chela said. "Last year I dedicated the win to my girlfriend, but I lost. Now that's she's here, it's a double satisfaction."

He earned $156,550 with the victory.

Moya, who has won twice in Acapulco, won $77,750.

`'I knew that if I could win the second set I could win the match, but I got nervous," Moya said.

WTA Acapulco:

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Emilie Loit, of France, lifts the trophy after winning the final game against Italy's Flavia Pennetta during of Mexico Tennis Open game in Acapulco, Mexico. She won 7/6 6/4 .

WTA Doha:

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Top seed Justine Henin won the Qatar Open on Saturday with a comfortable 6-4 6-2 victory over Svetlana Kuznetsova. The Belgian, who won in Dubai last week, came from 4-2 down to take the first set and then broke three times in the second set to claim the title.

It was her 14th win in 15 matches against Russian Kuznetsova, whom she also beat in the semi-finals in Dubai.

"It's my first title in Doha and I love to win where I have never won in the past" said Henin.

Ironically, Kuznetsova's only victory against Henin came at this tournament in 2004, the Belgian's only previous appearance at the Qatar event.

Henin is the first non-Russian to win the title for five years.

Kuznetsova was also the runner-up in 2004 when she lost to compatriot Anastasia Myskina.

ATP Las Vegas:

Second seed Lleyton Hewitt beat fellow former world number one Marat Safin 7-5 6-1 to reach the Las Vegas Open final.
Australian Hewitt proved too consistent for his Russian opponent and clinched victory in 81 minutes.

He will now play Austrian Juergen Melzer, who came from 5-3 down in the final set to beat unseeded Russian teenager Evgeny Korolev 6-7 6-2 7-6.

Bolton  1 - 2  Blackburn (Reebok Stadium)
                    58' B McCarthy (pen)
                    68' B McCarthy (pen)
87' N Anelka

West Ham  3 - 4  Tottenham (Upton Park)
16' M Noble
41' C Tevez
                    51' J Defoe (pen)
                    63' T Tainio
85' B Zamora
                    89' D Berbatov
                    90' P Stalteri

Dubai Finalists:

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I was expecting you to post the result of the match. Anyways, it's aight.  Double celebrations.

Seems Federer is destined to break and set records.

Newcastle  0 - 0  Middlesbrough (St James' Park)

Arsenal  2 - 1  Reading (Emirates Stadium)
51' Gilberto Silva (pen)
62' J Baptista
                    87' F Fabregas (og)

Sheff Utd  1 - 1  Everton (Bramall Lane)
52' R Hulse 
                    75' M Arteta (pen)

Watford  2 - 2  Charlton (Vicarage Road Stadium)
15' H Bouazza
21' D Francis
                    67' L Young
                    89' D Ambrose

Fulham  1 - 1  Aston Villa (Craven Cottage)
                    21' J Carew
23' C Bocanegra 

Man City  0 - 1  Wigan (City of Manchester Stadium)
                    18' C Folan

World number one Roger Federer won his fourth Dubai Open title beating Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-4 6-3 in a dramatic final on Saturday.

It was his fourth Dubai title in five years and his 41st consecutive victory stretching back to the beginning of the U.S. Open in August.

Youzhny, who upset defending champion Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals, was seeking his second title in two weeks after winning in Rotterdam.

Federer, who won his seventh straight title, has now won all nine meetings against the Russian.

After several breaks of serves by both players, Federer takes the first set 6-4. 

The second half set is underway.

The Dubai final is in progress and the world number one is a break down in the first set.

Liverpool  0 - 1  Man Utd   (Anfield)
                       86' P Scholes (red card)
                       90' J O'Shea

WTA Doha:

Petite Henin meets Bulky Kuznetsova in the final.

Henin came from a set down to beat Jankovic 6-7, 6-2, 6-4 in the first semi-final of the day, while Kuznetsova comfortably dispatched Hantuchova 6-4, 6-2.

Despite raising his game in the second set, matching Federer point by point, Haas gifted his opponent his sixth service game to allow him move 6-5 ahead.  Federer then held serve to book a place in the final with Youzhny, Nadal's conqueror. The match ended 6-4, 7-5.

After 38minutes, Federer takes the first set 6-4.  A more improved game than last night's so far from Federer.

Mikhail Youzhny defeated Sweden's Robin Soderling 7-5 6-2 at the Dubai Open to reach his second successive final.

The unseeded Russian, winner in Rotterdam on Sunday, will play top seed Roger Federer or fifth seed Tommy Haas in Saturday's final.

How will a man who played for 2hrs 3min cope against his opponent, who spent just 49mins to complete his match. The match starts 16:00 CET.

WTA Doha:

Top seed Justine Henin staged a spectacular recovery to knock out Swiss Patty Schnyder 3-6 6-4 7-5 and reach the Qatar Open semi-finals.

The Belgian next meets fourth-seeded Serb Jelena Jankovic, a 6-3 6-3 winner over Ukraine's Katerina Bondarenko.

Slovakian Daniela Hantuchova came back from the brink to oust Martina Hingis 1-6 6-4 6-4 and set up a semi-final with Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Qatar Open; Kuznetsova beat Schiavone 6-3, 6-4