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 | French clash in the semifinals in Montpellier30-10-2010 |
Albert Montanes remove seeded 1 in the master plan Nikolay Davydenko in the quarterfinals of the tennis tournament for men in the French city of Montpellier in prize money € 575,250.
Montanes, who is No. 6-seeded, beat Davydenko with 3:6, 7:6 (7:3), 7:6 (7:4).
The Spaniard won in a dramatic third machbol when Davydenko sent the ball into the net after backhand.
Montanes in the semifinals will play No. 4 Ivan Ljubicic, who beat Jarkko Nieminen of 4:6, 6:3, 7:6 (8:6).
The other semifinal will meet second-placed eighth Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Gilles Simon removed with 6:3, 6:7 (0:7), 6:3, and number 3 Gael Monfils, who beat John Isnar with 3:6, 6:4, 6:4.