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1/13/11 8:16 PM | Kelli DeMario
Third seed Ernests Gulbis advanced to the Medibank International semifinals after taking out Sergiy Stakhovsky early Thursday. He is joined by Viktor, who held on to beat fifth seed Richard Gasquet in straight sets.
(3) Ernests Gulbis def. Sergiy Stakhovsky 6-4, 6-4
World No. 24 Ernests Gulbis is safely through to the final four, following his straight-set win against Sergiy Stakhovsky on Thursday. The Latvian went ahead early, breaking at 2-2 and 4-2. Despite missing a chance to close at 5-2, he regrouped to end the set in 45 minutes. Gulbis led 2-0 in the second after saving a break point in the game. The 22-year-old ended the match with three service breaks and five of 6 break chances saved.
“My game plan is simple: I go for my serve, I go for my shots, I make the points short,” Gulbis explained, post-match. “I'm not going to try to run (Gilles) Simon from the baseline. He's much more used to playing longer rallies than me.”
He will battle Simon for a place in the championship match. The Frenchman downed Alexandr Dolgopolov in the quarterfinals, 6-4, 6-3.
(4) Viktor Troicki def. (5) Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-4
Fourth seed Viktor Troicki advanced to the quarterfinal after defeating fifth seed Richard Gasquet, 6-4, 6-4 late Thursday. The 24-year-old Serbian collected 8 aces and three breaks of serve through one hour and 17 minutes of play. The Frenchman struggled on serve late in the match, having donated a key double-fault at 4-4 in the second set.
“I thought I had the match under control,” Troicki said. “He just started playing better than he did in the beginning. He was raising his game and started playing some really great shots. I realised that I had to also raise my game and try to overpower him. Luckily I did a good job, and at the end I broke him and served it out. So it was a tough one.”
He meets Florian Mayer in the semifinals. The German earned a straight-set victory over Italian Potito Starace in the quarterfinal, 6-4, 6-1.
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