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Stakhovsky drops Safin in 3-set semi

Associated Press

Saturday, October 31, 2009

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia -- Two-time Grand Slam champion Marat Safin lost to qualifier Andriy Stakhovsky 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 on Saturday in the St. Petersburg Open semifinals. Safin won back-to-back titles in St. Petersburg in 2000-01. The Russian is playing his last season on the ATP Tour and will enter his last competitive tournament -- the Paris Masters -- on a wild card. "I've reached the semifinals and it's a good result for my recent form," Safin said. "I was serving bad through the entire matc ...

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