Lukas Rosol loses to Tommy Haas on a point penalty during semifinal action on Saturday in Vienna. Meanwhile, Ernests Gulbis collapses in Stockholm and sends David Ferrer through to the title match.
Erste Bank Open semifinals: Tommy Haas d. Lukas Rosol 3-6, 6-4, 7-6(0)
Rosol won the first set, but he dropped the second and was eventually pushed to a third-set tiebreaker. Haas promptly won all seven points of the decider–including the final one on a point penalty. Rosol–who had already incurred a warning–destroyed his racket after an errant forehand at 0-5, thus ending the match.
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If Stockholm Open semifinals: David Ferrer d. Ernests Gulbis 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Gulbis fought back from a break down in each of the first two sets to find himself ahead 6-3, 4-4, Ferrer serving down 15-40. The Latvian missed a backhand on his first break chance, could not return a Ferrer serve on his second opportunity, then obliterated his racket. Ferrer held and Gulbis did not win another game until trailing 0-5 in the third.
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