Tennis

Sydney men's final postponed by rain

Published Jan. 14, 2012 12:00 a.m. ET

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The Sydney International men's singles final between Jarkko Nieminen of Finland and France's Julien Benneteau was postponed by rain Saturday and rescheduled for Sunday morning.

Benneteau reached the final after beating 2010 champion Marcos Baghdatis. Nieminen became only the third qualifier to reach the championship final in 22 years when he beat fellow qualifier Denis Istomin 7-6 (12), 6-3 on Friday.

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