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Seppi, Paire advance to Serbia final
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Seppi, Paire advance to Serbia final

Published May. 5, 2012 1:00 a.m. ET

Second-seeded Andreas Seppi from Italy and Benoit Paire of France reached the Serbia Open final on Saturday.

Seppi rallied to beat fourth-seeded David Nalbandian 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.

Nalbandian easily won the opening set, but Seppi returned the pressure and eventually broke at 5-4 in the third to serve out the match.

Nalbandian committed seven double-faults.

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Seppi said it took him a while to adapt to playing an evening match. He said he expected a tough match from Paire on Sunday.

Paire upset top-seeded Pablo Andujar of Spain to reach his first final on the ATP Tour.

Paire served seven aces in winning 6-3, 1-6, 6-3.

Andujar started off well, breaking early in the first set, but Paire responded by breaking twice for a 5-3 lead and serving out the set.

Paire previously eliminated sixth-seeded Fabio Fognini, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and third-seeded Jarkko Nieminen.

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