The tournament's fifth seed Nicole Vaidisova had a tough opener against Samantha Stosur but came through the test 3-6 6-4 6-4.

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Nadal's first real test of the week came in Saturday's semifinal against 26th-ranked French third seed Jeremy Chardy, but he had no problems in cruising to a 6-2 6-2 victory.

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