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Baghdatis beats Gremelmayr

Den Bosch - Marcos Baghdatis celebrated his 26th birthday Friday by beating Denis Gremelmayr 6-1, 6-0 in the quarterfinals of the Unicef Open and quickly headed to the locker room to prepare for his semifinal match later in the day.

The second-seeded Cypriot's quarterfinal match was postponed because of rain Thursday. He will play fourth-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia later Friday for a place in Sunday's final.

Dominika Cibulkova completed a 7-5, 4-6, 6-2 victory over second-seeded Svetlana Kuznetsova early Friday. Their match was suspended Thursday night with the Slovak leading 3-0 in the final set

Results:

Marcos Baghdatis (2), Cyprus, def. Denis Gremelmayr, Germany, 6-1, 6-0.

Xavier Malisse (3), Belgium, def. Alex Bogomolov Jr. United States, 6-2, 6-4.

Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. ^Semifinals=

Dmitry Tursunov, Russia, def. Xavier Malisse (3), Belgium, 6-3, 7-6 (1).

Ivan Dodig (4), Croatia, def. Marcos Baghdatis (2), Cyprus, 7-6 (4), 6-1. ^Women= ^Quarterfinals=

Dominika Cibulkova (5), Slovakia, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, 7-5, 4-6, 6-2. ^Semifinals=

Jelena Dokic, Australia, def. Romina Oprandi, Italy, 6-4, 2-0, retired.

Roberta Vinci (7), Italy, def. Dominika Cibulkova (5), Slovakia, 7-5, 6-1.

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