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Home › Dubai Tennis Championships.: Mikhail Youzhny beat Juergen Melzer 7-5 7-6 ; goes to the finals

Dubai Tennis Championships.: Mikhail Youzhny beat Juergen Melzer 7-5 7-6 ; goes to the finals

Dubai Tennis Championships.: Mikhail Youzhny beat Juergen Melzer 7-5 7-6 ; goes to the finals

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Dubai Tennis Championships.: Mikhail Youzhny beat Juergen Melzer 7-5 7-6 ; goes to the finals

DUBAI  Feb 26, 2010  Seventh seed Mikhail Youzhny beat Austrian outsider Juergen Melzer 7-5 7-6 on Friday to enter the final of the Dubai Tennis Championships.  This is his fourth Dubai semi-final.                                  

    The Russian will face either defending champion and world number two Novak Djokovic or Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis on Saturday. He had lost the 2007 final to Roger Federer.

    Youzhny  played consistently in the semi-final. Melzer made too many unforced errors to really trouble the world number 15.

    At 4-5, a wide Youzhny forehand gave Melzer, 28, a chance to break and claim the opening set. However, the left-hander clipped a forehand into the net after an 18-shot rally.

    Melzer saved two break points at 5-5 but a third was beyond him as Youzhny, 27, delivered a measured lob winner and then served out the set.

    The second set followed a similar pattern, with serve again dominating. Melzer missed an easy smash that would have given him two break points at 3-2.

    Just 20 points were won against serve in the set. In the tiebreak, Melzer hit a backhand cross-court shot wide to give Youzhny a mini-break and ultimately the match as the Russian triumphed 7-4.

    "Juergen played really well today," Youzhny told reporters. "He was aggressive.  He won a lot of good points.  So for me it was really tough."

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