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BANGKOK, Sept. 28 (UPI) -- Dmitry Tursunov and Fernando Verdasco each rallied for quarterfinal wins Friday at the $550,000 Thailand Open.
Tursunov and Verdasco advanced to the tournament semifinals Saturday where they will play each other. The second semifinal pits third-seeded Tomas Berdych against unseeded Boris Becker.
Tursunov, seeded sixth, dropped his first set 4-6 but came back with 6-2, 6-4 set wins to take the match from wild-card entrant Yeu-Tzuoo Wang. Verdasco, seeded eighth, also lost his first set 4-6 before taking control and eliminating Nicolas Mahut, 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.
Berdych swept by seventh-seeded Ivo Karlovic 7-5, 6-4 and Becker stopped Dominik Meffert 7-6 (7-2), 7-5 on Friday.
The tournament champion, to be decided Sunday, will take home $76,500.
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