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Safin, Stepanek to face off

AFP, Paris
Russian sixth seed Marat Safin overcame an injury scare to beat Argentina's 13th seed Guillermo Canas 6-2,7-6 on Saturday to move just one match away from winning his third Paris Masters title.
The 24-year-oId Russian, the champion in 2000 and 2002, will now face the Czech Republic's Radek Stepanek who beat fellow qualifier Max Mirnyi of Belarus 3-6, 7-6, 6-4 to reach the first final ofhis eight-year career.
As well as chasing his third victory here - a feat only matched by Boris Becker - Safin will also be hunting his third title of the season after winning in Beijing and the Madrid Masters.
But Sunday’s showdown will be a new challenge for the former world number one as Stepanek is an old fashioned serve-and-volleyer.
"It will be a completely different style to what I have faced so far. I’m not used to that, but he is not used to playing in finals," said Safin.
"Hopefully I will be lucky. He will be under pressure because he doesn’t get to finals every week. One or two points in each set-will make the difference."
Canas, who has fought his way to number 14 in the world after an injury-ravaged 2003 sent his ranking crashing to 274, proved a brave opponent but Safin said his positive approach in the tie-breakpaid off.
"I didn’t serve very well in the second set and I got angry with myself. But in a tie-break, it’s a lottery. It is about who takes the risks not who makes the mistakes. I took the risks and luck was with me."
It will be Safin's fifth final of a year but his title push almost suffered a premature end in the second game of the opening set when he needed treatment on a right ankle injury caused when he crashed to the ground chasing a Canas return.
But he still raced through the first set in 30 minutes with breaks in the fourth and eighth games only allowing Canas four points on his service.
In a tense second set tie-break, Safin prevailed but not without controversy. At 5-5, a Safin forehand was called long by the line judge but good by umpire Romano Grillotti who ordered the point to be replayed.
Canas fumed but TV replays showed the ball was in and the umpire had been correct
The Argentinian then claimed the next point, which gave Safin match point, should also have been called out and his concentration was completely shattered when the Russian hit a decisive backhand volley to win the tie.
Stepanek, the world number 63, has had a mediocre season with five quarter-finals representing his best performances.
On Sunday he will attempt to become the first qualifier to win a Masters event since Spain’s Albert Portas won in Hamburg in 2001.
The 25-year-old will also be buoyed by having won'his only career meeting against Safin in Moscow three weeks ago.
"I will let Safin think I am under pressure," said Stepanek who is also prepared to have the fans rooting for his opponent.
"I am used to that but I will fight and hopefully I will get them on my side."
Stepanek has seized his chance this week profiting from playing in the half of the draw which had been stripped of Roger Federer, Agassi and Carlos Moya who all withdrew injured.
Mirnyi, the conqueror of top seed Andy Roddick, carved out the only break in the first set in the second game but Stepanek dominated the second set tie-break.
Stepanek then grabbed the crucial breakthrough in the third game of the final set to lead 2-1 and_ then took the tie with another in a longline of crisp volleys.