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Tennis: Ferrer reaches Miami Masters final

Third-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer reached the final of the Miami ATP Masters on Friday with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 victory over Germany's Tommy Haas. A determined Ferrer twice rallied from a break down in the third set to end the giant-killing run of 15th-seeded Haas, who stunned world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the fourth round. The Spaniard will play either second-seeded Andy Murray of Britain or France's Richard Gasquet in Sunday's final. bb/dj

Tennis: WTA and ATP Masters Miami results - collated

Results on Thursday from the ninth day of the $8.5 million WTA and ATP Masters Miami hardcourt tournament (x denotes seeding): Men Quarter finals Andy Murray (GBR x2) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x9) 6-4, 6-3 Richard Gasquet (FRA x8) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x4) 6-3, 6-3 Women Semi-finals Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x4) 6-0, 6-3 Maria Sharapova (RUS x3) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x22) 6-2, 6-1 bpe/afp

Tennis: WTA and ATP Masters Miami results - 2nd update

Results on Thursday from the ninth day of the $8.5 million WTA and ATP Masters Miami hardcourt tournament (x denotes seeding): Men Quarter finals Andy Murray (GBR x2) bt Marin Cilic (CRO x9) 6-4, 6-3 Richard Gasquet (FRA x8) bt Tomas Berdych (CZE x4) 6-3, 6-3 Women Semi-finals Maria Sharapova (RUS x3) bt Jelena Jankovic (SRB x22) 6-2, 6-1 bpe/afp

AFP sports schedule for Friday, March 29

AFP sports schedule for Friday, March 29: FOOTBALL Previews filed of weekend league action in England, Spain, Italy, Scotland and Germany where Bayern Munich could wrap up the Bundesliga title. In France, league leaders Paris Saint German face defending champions Montpellier. Slugs: Fbl-ENG-Pr, Fbl-ESP-LIga, Fbl-ITA-SerieA, Fbl-SCO-Pr, Fbl-GER-Bundesliga, Fbl-FRA-Ligue1 TENNIS ATP and WTA at Miami with men's semi-finals between Tommy Haas and David Ferrer and Andy Murray facing either Richard Gasquet or Tomas Berdych. Slug: Tennis-ATP-WTA-USA

Tennis: Murray advances to Miami semi-finals

Reigning US Open and Olympic champion Andy Murray advanced to the semi-finals of the ATP Miami Masters on Thursday by defeating Croatian ninth seed Marin Cilic 6-4, 6-3. The second-seeded Scotsman will play the winner of a later quarter-final between French eighth seed Richard Gasquet and Czech fourth seed Tomas Berdych for a spot in Sunday's final at the $8.5 million hardcourt tournament. Murray won the Miami title in 2009 and lost to Novak Djokovic in last year's final. js/dj

Murray to face Ferrer in Miami final

By Simon Evans MIAMI (Reuters) - Britain's Andy Murray fought back for a 6-7 6-1 6-2 win over France's Richard Gasquet to reach the final of the Sony Open where he will face Spaniard David Ferrer on Sunday. Murray recovered after making a mess of the first set where he was serving for it at 5-4 but double-faulted on break point and ended up losing out in the tie-break. Gasquet had been playing some inspired tennis but he was outplayed in the second set and the Scotsman never looked in danger in the third.

Tennis: WTA and ATP Masters Miami results - 3rd update

Results on Tuesday from the eighth day of the $8.5 million WTA and ATP Masters Miami hardcourt tournament (x denotes seeding): Men 4th rd David Ferrer (ESP x3) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x13) 6-4, 6-2 Jurgen Melzer (AUT) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 Richard Gasquet (FRA x8) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x10) 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) Andy Murray (GBR x2) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA x16) 6-2, 6-4 Tomas Berdych (CZE x4) bt Sam Querrey (USA x17) 6-1, 6-1 Marin Cilic (CRO x9) bt Jo-Wilfriend Tsonga (FRA x6) 7-5, 7-6 (6/4) Women

Tennis: WTA and ATP Masters Miami results - 2nd update

Results on Tuesday from the eighth day of the $8.5 million WTA and ATP Masters Miami hardcourt tournament (x denotes seeding): Men 4th rd David Ferrer (ESP x3) bt Kei Nishikori (JPN x13) 6-4, 6-2 Jurgen Melzer (AUT) bt Albert Ramos (ESP) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3 Richard Gasquet (FRA x8) bt Nicolas Almagro (ESP x10) 6-7 (3/7), 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) Andy Murray (GBR x2) bt Andreas Seppi (ITA x16) 6-2, 6-4 Tomas Berdych (CZE x4) bt Sam Querrey (USA x17) 6-1, 6-1 Women Quarter-finals Serena Williams (USA x1) bt Li Na (CHN x5) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5)

Tennis: French name same quartet for Argentine test

French Davis Cup skipper Arnaud Clement on Tuesday revealed he would stick with the squad which beat Israel in the first round, leaving Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Richard Gasquet, Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra to take on Argentina in their April 5 to 7 quarter-final. Gilles Simon is on stand-by as a replacement, coming in for previous stand-in Jeremy Chardy. Gasquet and Tsonga take the singles berths and Benneteau will partner Llodra in the doubles for the French, who lifted their ninth title in 2001.

Tennis: French name same quartet for Argentine test

French Davis Cup skipper Arnaud Clement on Tuesday revealed he would stick with the squad which beat Israel in the first round, leaving Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Richard Gasquet, Julien Benneteau and Michael Llodra to take on Argentina in their April 5 to 7 quarter-final. Gilles Simon is on stand-by as a replacement, coming in for previous stand-in Jeremy Chardy. Gasquet and Tsonga take the singles berths and Benneteau will partner Llodra in the doubles for the French, who lifted their ninth title in 2001. fbr-gf/cw/ak
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