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ISTANBUL - Turkish Daily News

Both the semifinals and final of the $100,000 prize money TED Open Istanbul Challenger will be played over the weekend at the TED Faicilites in Tarabya, Istanbul.
In Friday's games, Frederico Gil of Portugal defeated Luxemburg's Gilles Muller 7-6(3), 6-2 and Ukranian, Sergiy Stakhovsky, did not have much of a problem against Giancarlo Petrazzuolo of Italy -- winning 6-1,6-1, booking their places for the semifinal, Saturday.
The other semifinalists will be the winners of the Dutch, Michel Koning-Benedikt Dorsch of Germany, clash and the game between Fernando Vicente of Spain and the German, Bjorn Phau.
The final will be played Sunday at 3 p.m. and will be covered live by NTVSpor.
Akbank Private Banking is the main sponsor of the TED Istanbul Challenger, while Turkish Daily News and Turkey's business daily Referans are the media sponsors.
The TED OPEN Istanbul Challenger is celebrating its 60th year. It's unlikely that any other international sporting event has gone on for this long without a hitch.
This superb history has earned TED much respect. In 2003, ATP pronounced TED OPEN as the top Challenger tournament and in 2004 one of the top nominees. TED also has the privilege to have initiated satellite tournaments and be the club that has hosted most of the $10.000 to $25.000 international events.