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BASEL, Switzerland, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Roger Federer beat Evgeny Korolev 6-3, 6-2 Friday in one quarterfinal of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament in Basel, Switzerland.
The Basel native and the No. 1 men's player in the world, needed only 55 minutes to dispatch the Russian, hitting seven service aces and breaking Korolev's serve three times.
The three-time defending champion faces compatriot Marco Chiudinelli in Saturday's semifinals.
Chiudinelli trounced Frenchman Richard Gasquet 6-1, 6-3.
Also Friday, second-seeded Novak Djokovic of Serbia beat sixth-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-2. He will play in the other semifinal Saturday against fifth-seeded Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic, who was a 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 winner over fourth-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia.
Sunday's champion will pocket $430,000.
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DALLAS, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Dirk Nowitzki scored 22 Monday and the Mavericks beat the Los Angeles Clippers 98-92 in Caron Butler's return to Dallas, where he helped win a title last year.
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NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Dozens of fans stood in freezing temperatures along the sidewalks of Newark, N.J., to bear witness to the body of pop singer Whitney Houston being brought home.
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PITTSBURGH, Feb. 13 (UPI) --
Researchers say offshore wind farms planned for the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico face severe risks from hurricanes that could destroy half of them.
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