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Nadal hangs on to reach Rio final with Dolgopolov (Yahoo Sports)
 Top-ranked Rafael Nadal survived a scare at the Rio Open on Saturday, fighting off two match points before defeating fellow Spaniard Pablo Andujar 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10) to advance to the final. Nadal will next face Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine, who upset second-seeded David Ferrer 6-4, 6-4 on Rio's outdoor clay. His last loss on the surface was 10 months ago against Novak Djokovic in the Monte Carlo Masters. ''But I played better in the tiebreak than the rest of the match.'' Andujar had two match points in the third-set tiebreaker but couldn't convert either. More...
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