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BEIJING, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- No. 1-seeded Rafael Nadal beat former world No. 1 Marat Safin and Novak Djokovic downed Spaniard Fernando Verdasco Friday to reach the China Open semifinals.
Nadal, 23, broke Safin's serve in four of eight tries, defeating the big Russian 6-3, 6-1 in just 1 hour 17 minutes on the hard courts at Beijing's Olympic Green Tennis Center.
Nadal improved to 2-0 lifetime against Safin, who is expected to retire from the ATP World Tour at the end of the season. The Spaniard will play No. 8-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia in a semifinal match Saturday. Cilic bested Nikolay Davydenko of Russia 6-4, 6-4 to reach the semis.
Djokovic, the second-seed, downed Verdasco 6-3, 1-6, 6-1 and will meet French Open runner-up and sixth-seeded Robin Soderling, who defeated Ivan Ljubicic 7-6 (7-3), 6-4 Friday.
The China Open champion will earn $500,000 Sunday.
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BOSTON, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Andrew Bynum scored the game's final points with 1:27 left in overtime Thursday and the Los Angeles Lakers eked out an 88-87 win over Boston.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 9 (UPI) --
Macaulay Culkin is in "perfectly good health," his publicist said after the former child star was photographed looking gaunt and disheveled in New York.
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GREENBELT, Md., Feb. 9 (UPI) --
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has captured the first color image from orbit of the three-petal lander of NASA's 2004 Rover Spirit mission, scientists say.
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UPI Almanac for Friday, Feb. 10, 2012.
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