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Kanepi recovers to win Estoril
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 06 - 05 - 2012

Kaia Kanepi of Estonia won the Estoril Open after coming from behind to beat Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4 Saturday.
The sixth-seeded Kanepi saved two match points on her way to winning the second-set tiebreaker and then rebounded from 3-1 down to claim her second title of the season in just over 2½ hours on the outdoor clay court.
Defending men's champion Juan del Potro of Argentina beat third-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka in straight sets and will meet Richard Gasquet in the men's final Sunday.
Del Potro didn't surrender a break-point chance in winning 7-6 (2), 6-4.
The second-seeded Gasquet of France had to rally from a set down to outlast Albert Ramos 2-6, 7-6 (1), 7-5 in the first men's semifinal.
The Spaniard dominated early with an almost flawless ground game until his strength waned and Gasquet surged back.
Gasquet looked finished when he slammed his racket into the ground after losing a point at the start of the second set. But Ramos dropped his next service game with three straight errors to give Gasquet some hope.
Gasquet didn't waste the chance and drew even at one set each before finally finishing off the fourth-seeded Ramos in just over three hours when his return sailed wide.
Errani wins Budapest
In Hungary, top-seeded Sara Errani of Italy won her third WTA title this year by defeating Elena Vesnina of Russia 7-5, 6-4 in the Budapest Grand Prix final at Romai Tennis Academy Saturday.
Unseeded Vesnina opened the match with a service break and led 4-1. However, Errani began to apply heavy forehands with spin that earned her win four games in a row to take the first set.
In the second, Errani was 5-2 up before Vesnina regained her focus and charged back to within one point of leveling the score. Instead, Errani pulled herself together and earned her fifth career title on the WTA tour.
Cilic-Kohlschreiber final
In Germany, Croatian third-seed Marin Cilic will face Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber in the final of Munich's ATP tournament after they both enjoyed victories in Saturday's semifinal.
Fourth-seed Kohlschreiber needed three sets and more than two hours to beat Spain's Feliciano Lopez, the second seed, to seal a 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 6-4 victory and book his place in Sunday's clay-court final
In contrast, the 23-year-old Cilic needed just 75 minutes to secure a 6-3, 6-4 win over former world No. 2 Haas, who defeated Marcos Baghdatis in Friday's quarterfinals and also saw off top seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga earlier in the competition.
Seppi, Paire in final
In Serbia, second-seeded Andreas Seppi from Italy and Benoit Paire of France reached the Serbia Open final on Saturday.
Seppi rallied to beat David Nalbandian 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Paire upset top-seeded Pablo Andujar of Spain to reach his first final on the ATP Tour. Paire served seven aces in winning 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.


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