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BANGKOK, Thailand—Top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia out-rallied Fernando Verdasco of Spain from the baseline to win 7-6 (5), 6-4 and move into the Thailand Open semifinals on Friday. Michael Floyd Elite Jersey . Tipsarevic set up a match with 2009 champion Gilles Simon, who won the all-French quarterfinal with Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-1. “It was really tough but I expected it. I have played Fernando 5-6 times,” said Tipsarevic, who improved to 4-2 against the Spaniard. “Its always been battles from the baseline. He made me suffer, and I ran a lot today.” He fought back in the tiebreaker from 5-2 down to tie it at 5. Then the fifth-seeded Verdasco made two impatient forehand errors to lose the 52-minute opening set. Tipsarevic saved several break points to hold for 4-4, broke to go ahead and won the quarterfinal on another Verdasco forehand mistake. Tipsarevic, chasing a spot in the eight-man ATP Finals, expects another fight with Simon. “I have played Gilles many times. I lost more than I won,” he said. “He is the previous champion here. He knows the surface. He keeps coming back every year. Im here for the first time. Im expecting a tough match like today.” The fourth-seeded Simon benefited from a recurrence of Monfils right knee injury, the same problem that kept him off the tour for four months until recently. Simon came back from 2-0 down to win the first set, and had his own right foot re-taped to start the second set. He lost the first game on serve, but quickly regained control to reach his sixth semifinals of the year. Another Frenchman, second-seeded Richard Gasquet, made it to his third semis this year in handling eighth-seeded Bernard Tomic of Australia 7-6 (5), 6-4. Gasquet secured the one break from just two chances, and saved all three break points he faced. Beating Grigor Dimitrov from 7-5, 5-2 down the day before gave Gasquet confidence against Tomic. “Yesterday I was lucky to win, today I played better,” Gasquet said. “It was a tight race in the first set. I did it. I felt more confident. Thats what made the difference.” John Skelton Jersey . —Danny Mwanga and Jack Jewsbury each scored, Portland tightened its sagging defence and the Timbers knocked off the league-leading San Jose Earthquakes 2-1 on Tuesday night. Larry Fitzgerald Black Jersey . — Clark Haggans joined the San Francisco 49ers at practice Tuesday pledging to hit the ground running with a team that fits the rugged style he has established throughout a 13-year NFL career. http://www.shopthecardinalsjersey.com/john-skelton-jerseys . – Quarterback Brock Osweiler was supposed to be the rookie from Arizona State to watch for Denver on Thursday. Dave Zastudil Jersey . The other clubs named by the Italian football federation (FIGC) were: AlbinoLeffe, Ancona, Ascoli, Avesa, Cremonese, Empoli, Frosinone, Grosseto, Livorno, Modena, Monza, Padova, Pescara, Piacenza, Ravenna, Reggina, Rimini, Sampdoria and Spezia. Larry Fitzgerald Limited Jersey . “I reached out to David Morehouse and the Penguins about the comments I made yesterday on Philadelphia radio.” Milbury said in a statement. “In hindsight, I realize what I said was inappropriate and wrong, and I want to apologize to the Penguins organization and their fans.VANCOUVER—The Vancouver Canucks announced the signing forward Alexandre Mallet on Thursday. The Amqui, Que., native was originally picked in the second round, 57th overall by the Canucks in the 2012 NHL entry draft in June. The 20-year-old Mallet recorded 81 points (34-47-81) and added 132 penalty minnutes in 68 games with the Rimouski Oceanic in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in the 2011-12 season. Andre Roberts Jersey. In the 2012 QMJHL playoffs, Mallet had 25 points (10-15-25) in 21 games to help the seventh-seeded Oceanic to the President Cup final. Details of the deal were not disclosed. ’ ’ ’
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