<p> Sara Errani defeated Barbora Strycova 6-0, 6-2 on Saturday to win the Dubai Tennis Championships three years after first reaching the final.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Italian will rise back into the top 20 as a result of her comprehensive victory in 66 minutes, according to WTA calculations.<br /><br />Strycova made a stand at the end, saving four match points over the last two games before drilling a forehand out to lose for the sixth time in seven meetings with Errani.<br /><br />Errani, who won the first eight games, lost the 2013 final here to Petra Kvitrova. She now owns nine career titles. <br /><br />Cilic in final<br /><br />Croatian fourth seed Marin Cilic cruised into the final of the Open 13 by beating local favourite Benoit Paire 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3 in Marseille on Saturday.<br /><br />Cilic will take on either Czech second seed Tomas Berdych or Australian Nick Kyrgios in Sunday's final. Kyrgios earlier whipped Richard Gasquet 6-0, 6-4.<br /><br />Frenchman Gasquet, ranked 10, who pulled out of Rotterdam last week with flu, had triumphed two weeks ago in neighbouring Montpellier.<br /><br />But he was no match for the 41st-ranked Kyrgios, whose powerful serve helped him to a straightforward victory in under an hour.<br /><br />The 20-year-old fired 17 aces, dropping just six points on serve and breaking Gasquet four times.<br /><br />While Cilic conceded eight points on his service games in a one-sided first set, Paire's first-serve percentage was only 33.<br /><br />The Frenchman rediscovered his touch in the second set and Cilic lost focus in the tiebreak as the match went into a decider.<br /><br />The former US Open champion, however, regained his composure to break for 4-2 in the third set before wrapping it up on his first match point.<br /><br />Meanwhile, former world number one Rafael Nadal reached the Rio Open semifinals without even hitting a ball Friday as Aleksandr Dolgopolov withdrew injured from their last-eight tie.<br /><br />Ukraine's Dolgopolov was forced to withdraw due to a right shoulder injury.<br />Nadal is playing at the low-key clay court event in a bid to find his form ahead of a tilt at an unprecedented 10th French Open crown in June.<br /><br />Nadal will next play in Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas in the semifinal, who defeated Argentina's Federico Delbonis 6-4, 7-6 (4).<br /><br />No stopping Del Potro <br /><br />Injury-nagged 2009 US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro advanced to the ATP Delray Beach Open semifinals by defeating French fifth seed Jeremy Chardy 6-2, 6-3.<br /><br />The 27-year-old Argentine wildcard entrant earned semis berth against 61st-ranked Sam Querrey, who rallied to dispatch fellow American Tim Smyczek 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-4.<br /><br />Bulgarian fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov will face American Rajeev Ram in the other semifinal. Ram, ranked 89th, won their only prior meeting at Atlanta in 2011.<br /><br /></p>
<p> Sara Errani defeated Barbora Strycova 6-0, 6-2 on Saturday to win the Dubai Tennis Championships three years after first reaching the final.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Italian will rise back into the top 20 as a result of her comprehensive victory in 66 minutes, according to WTA calculations.<br /><br />Strycova made a stand at the end, saving four match points over the last two games before drilling a forehand out to lose for the sixth time in seven meetings with Errani.<br /><br />Errani, who won the first eight games, lost the 2013 final here to Petra Kvitrova. She now owns nine career titles. <br /><br />Cilic in final<br /><br />Croatian fourth seed Marin Cilic cruised into the final of the Open 13 by beating local favourite Benoit Paire 6-2 6-7(3) 6-3 in Marseille on Saturday.<br /><br />Cilic will take on either Czech second seed Tomas Berdych or Australian Nick Kyrgios in Sunday's final. Kyrgios earlier whipped Richard Gasquet 6-0, 6-4.<br /><br />Frenchman Gasquet, ranked 10, who pulled out of Rotterdam last week with flu, had triumphed two weeks ago in neighbouring Montpellier.<br /><br />But he was no match for the 41st-ranked Kyrgios, whose powerful serve helped him to a straightforward victory in under an hour.<br /><br />The 20-year-old fired 17 aces, dropping just six points on serve and breaking Gasquet four times.<br /><br />While Cilic conceded eight points on his service games in a one-sided first set, Paire's first-serve percentage was only 33.<br /><br />The Frenchman rediscovered his touch in the second set and Cilic lost focus in the tiebreak as the match went into a decider.<br /><br />The former US Open champion, however, regained his composure to break for 4-2 in the third set before wrapping it up on his first match point.<br /><br />Meanwhile, former world number one Rafael Nadal reached the Rio Open semifinals without even hitting a ball Friday as Aleksandr Dolgopolov withdrew injured from their last-eight tie.<br /><br />Ukraine's Dolgopolov was forced to withdraw due to a right shoulder injury.<br />Nadal is playing at the low-key clay court event in a bid to find his form ahead of a tilt at an unprecedented 10th French Open crown in June.<br /><br />Nadal will next play in Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas in the semifinal, who defeated Argentina's Federico Delbonis 6-4, 7-6 (4).<br /><br />No stopping Del Potro <br /><br />Injury-nagged 2009 US Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro advanced to the ATP Delray Beach Open semifinals by defeating French fifth seed Jeremy Chardy 6-2, 6-3.<br /><br />The 27-year-old Argentine wildcard entrant earned semis berth against 61st-ranked Sam Querrey, who rallied to dispatch fellow American Tim Smyczek 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-4.<br /><br />Bulgarian fourth seed Grigor Dimitrov will face American Rajeev Ram in the other semifinal. Ram, ranked 89th, won their only prior meeting at Atlanta in 2011.<br /><br /></p>