DOHA: Moroccan Younes El Aynaoui’s hopes of defending his Qatar Open title lay in tatters yesterday after he lost a tight semi-final battle 7-6, 7-6 to Austria’s Stefan Koubek.
Koubek will face ninth-seeded American Jan-Michael Gambill, who brushed past Russian Davis Cup hero Mikhail Youzhny 6-4, 6-2, in today’s final.
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