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Mathieu, Tursunov in Open de Moselle final

Published: Oct. 4, 2008 at 6:47 PM

METZ, France, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Fourth-seeded Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu and fifth-seeded Russian Dmitry Tursunov won Saturday to advance to the final of the Open de Moselle.

Tursunov, who defeated former world No. 1 Spaniard Carlos Moya 6-3, 6-3 earlier in the week, beat seventh- seeded Czech Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-4 Saturday. Mathieu advanced with a 7-6, (10-8), 7-6 (7-1) win over Frenchman Adrian Mannarino.

Mannarino, 20, was playing in just his second ATP-level event.

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