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"&lt;p&gt;               &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; BANGKOK (AP) -- Top-seeded Tomas Berdych and Gilles Simon of France will meet for the eighth time after both advanced to the semifinals of the Thailand Open on Friday.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Fresh from helping the Czech Republic beat Argentina in the Davis Cup semifinals, Berdych beat Yen-hsun Lu of Taiwan 7-6 (7), 6-4 to maintain his record of never losing before the semifinals in Thailand. However, he hasn't advanced in his two previous appearances.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; \"Sometimes, I was feeling like he was a Playstation,\" Berdych said of Lu. \"He was there. He was so fast. He hit so many winners.\"    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Simon, 5-2 against Berdych, said, \"I just hope that I will beat him one more time.\"    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Simon said he was going to receive treatment on his back after he needed court-side help from a trainer after the first game of the third set against Igor Sisjling of the Netherlands.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; After prevailing 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, the third-seeded Simon said it was a struggle to move on to the semifinals.    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; \"I felt like I could have lost the two sets I won and I could have won the one I lost,\" he said. \"It was a good win.\"    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Asked about the back injury, he said: \"I have red lights everywhere. I felt the pain very quickly in the second game of the match. Then it was worse. I thought it would be hard to finish the match at this point but finally I was getting better. My back is not in great shape now but I hope I will be fine (Saturday).\"  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Copyright 2014 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.      &lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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