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Moscow, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) - Top seed Richard Gasquet advanced to the final of the Kremlin Cup with a semifinal win Saturday, but second-seeded Andreas Seppi came up short in defense of his title. Gasquet claimed a 6-4, 7-5 victory over Croatias Ivo Karlovic in the second semifinal after Kazakhstan qualifier Mikhail Kukushkin dethroned Seppi, the 2012 champion, in the opener with a 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 triumph. Seppi fell to 0-5 in semifinal action this year. He hasnt reached a final since winning this title last year. After a disastrous first set, the Italian rallied with a pair of breaks in the second and began the third with another break. Kukushkin, though, ran off the next four games to again establish control and completed the upset to reach his second career ATP final. Ranked 102nd in the world, Kukushkin had only qualified for four previous main draws this year and lost in the first round in each of his three events before a third-round appearance at the U.S. Open. This is his first tournament since Flushing Meadows. Kukushkins only other final came three years ago, also in Russia. He picked up his first career title with a victory over Mikhail Youzhny in St. Petersburg. Gasquet, meanwhile, will carry a finals record of 9-10 into Sundays match. He is 2-0 this year, winning in Doha to start the season and in Montpellier in February. The 10th-ranked Frenchman is still in contention for one of the remaining four berths in the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals. He was coming off a stunning first-round loss last week in Shanghai after consecutive semifinal appearances at the U.S. Open, Bangkok and Beijing. Gasquet beat Kukushkin in their only previous meeting, a 6-3, 7-5 triumph in Toronto last year. The 2013 Moscow titlist will collect $134,800. Jeff Bagwell Jersey . 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While the pair of Spain internationals return, midfielder Xavi Hernandez will not be included in the squad after failing to recover from a muscle strain to his left leg. Jose Altuve Jersey . Canada wasnt in the game from the outset. Head coach Dan Church left Calgary in the morning without addressing the players. He told The Canadian Press he felt the organization lacked confidence in his ability to defend the Olympic gold medal in February. PARIS -- Rafael Nadals path to a record-extending ninth French Open title could take him through a series of matches against the men who beat him on clay this season. The top-seeded Nadal was drawn Friday to possibly face No. 21 Nicolas Almagro in the fourth round, then No. 5 David Ferrer in the quarterfinals. "Those are opponents that know how to play well on clay," Nadal said. "But its never easy." The other mens quarterfinal matchups could be No. 2 Novak Djokovic vs. No. 8 Milos Raonic, No. 3 Stan Wawrinka vs. No. 7 Andy Murray, and No. 4 Roger Federer vs. No. 6 Tomas Berdych. The possible womens quarterfinals are No. 1 Serena Williams vs. No. 7 Maria Sharapova in what would be a rematch of last years final won by Williams, No. 2 Li Na vs. No. 6 Jelena Jankovic, No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska vs. No. 8 Angelique Kerber, and No. 4 Simona Halep vs. No. 5 Petra Kvitova. Ferrer, who lost to Nadal in the 2013 final at Roland Garros, upset him in the Monte Carlo quarterfinals last month. Almagro ended Nadals 41-match winning streak in Barcelona by beating him in the quarterfinals there a week later. Those defeats were both in best-of-three-set matches. The French Open, like all Grand Slam tournaments, uses a best-of-five format for men, and Nadal was asked Friday whether that gives him an advantage on clay. "I give my most every point, every game, every set. Whether its (best of) three or five, if you want to win, you have to play well," he said. Nadal has three llosses on clay in a season for the first time since 2004, when he was only 17 and had yet to play a match at the French Open.dddddddddddd He was beaten in the Rome final last weekend by Djokovic; they only could meet in the final in Paris. Djokovic has won the pairs last four meetings, but Nadal is 5-0 head-to-head at the French Open, including victories in the 2012 final and 2013 semifinals. Djokovic, a six-time major champion who needs a French Open title to complete a career Grand Slam, and Federer, owner of a record 17 major titles, were drawn to meet in the semifinals. Nadal, who stands third among men with 13 Grand Slam trophies, could meet Australian Open champion Wawrinka in the semifinals. Nadal is 59-1 for his career at the French Open, with four titles in a row in 2005-08 and again in 2010-13. Williams won the clay-court Grand Slam tournament in 2002, beating her older sister Venus in the final, then waited 11 years before adding a second French Open trophy in 2013. The Williams sisters were drawn Friday to face each other in the third round, which would be their earliest meeting at a Grand Slam tournament since their very first matchup, in the second round of the 1998 Australian Open. Venus is seeded 29th at the French Open. Shes won seven Grand Slam singles titles, 10 fewer than Serena, who holds a 14-10 edge in head-to-head matches. "It never gets easier," Serena said. "Shes essentially the love of my life, so its definitely difficult." 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