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Marcos Baghdatis battled back from a set down to set up a final against Stan Wawrinka at the Dubai Championships. Air Jordan Falsas . Second seed Wawrinka was leading 6-4 3-0 when Nick Kyrgios pulled out with a back injury, but Baghdatis had to work a little harder as he overcame Feliciano Lopez 3-6 7-6 (7-1) 6-1 in the later semi-final.Wawrinka showed no hard feelings towards Kyrgios in their first match since the Australian made comments about the Swiss players girlfriend during a heated match last August in Montreal. For the second day in a row, Kyrgios received treatment on his back problem, but briefly threatened a fightback when he levelled the first set at 4-4.But Wawrinka took the next five games in a row before Kyrgios confirmed he could not continue. Marcos Baghdatis punished an error-strewn display by Feliciano Lopez Kyrgios is the second significant retirement in two days as Novak Djokovic pulled out of his quarter-final against Lopez with an eye infection on Thursday.The Spaniard seemed on course for the final when he took the opening set against Baghdatis, but 50 unforced errors aided the Cypriot, who claimed five breaks on the way to victory. Watch the Dubai Championships final on Saturday at 3pm on Sky Sports 4 HD. Also See: ATP schedule Tennis on Sky Latest scores Get a NOW TV pass Video Zapatillas Baratas Hombre . Zvonareva, who won the tournament in 2009 and 10, couldnt handle her opponents big groundstrokes in only her third event back after 17 months out with a shoulder injury. Zvonareva made her comeback in January in Shenzhen and played in the Australian Open but lost her first matches at both tournaments. Zapatillas Yeezy Falsas . MORITZ, Switzerland -- Fog prevented downhill racers from getting their Olympic dress rehearsal. https:///...in-outlet-d1388.html .Y. -- Marcell Dareus and the Buffalo Bills defence made life miserable for Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco. LOS ANGELES -- Blowing fourth-quarter leads have cost the Portland Trail Blazers during their current five-game journey.The Trail Blazers will attempt to end their road woes when they visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night at Staples Center.In Saturdays 118-111 defeat to the Indiana Pacers, the Trail Blazers (12-13) gave up an eight-point advantage in the fourth quarter when their offense abandoned them. Portland, which at one point led the Pacers by 20, managed a season-low 13 points in the final quarter while the Pacers scored 28 as the Trail Blazers stumbled to their third consecutive setback.This wasnt a normal loss, said Portland guard CJ McCollum, who finished with 34 points, according to The Oregonian. Weve had a lot of these games we should win, games were up double digits and they make more plays than us down the stretch, they make more hustle plays. They make aggressive moves toward the basket, they get fouls. They finish the game and we dont.Portland, which is 1/3 on the swing, also was unable to finish in back-to-back losses to the Milwaukee Bucks and Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday and Thursday. Against the Grizzlies, the Trail Blazers surrendered a 13-point edge in the fourth.Another tough loss, Blazers coach Terry Stotts told The Oregonian. Thats three games in a row where our offense kind of let us down when we needed it.Starting power forward Al-Farouq Aminu sat out the Indiana game with a back contusion. His status for Mondays contest is unknown.Clippers forward Blake Griffin (sore right knee) is expected to return to face the Blazers. Griffin was held out mainlyy for precautionary reasons Saturday when the Clippers roasted the New Orleans Pelicans 133-105. Yeezy Baratas Spain. The Pelicans played without Anthony Davis and Jrue Holiday.Los Angeles point guard Chris Paul delivered a performance for the ages, scoring 20 points and recording 20 assists with no turnovers. Paul also snatched five rebounds.That helped the Clippers (17-7) end a two-game losing streak.We have to build on this, said Clippers guard J.J. Redick, who had 16 points against New Orleans. We are trying to be more consistent. We started the season consistently. We were playing a certain way almost every night and we have to get back to that. We havent done that the last two weeks and we are more than capable of doing it.Los Angeles started the season with a 14-2 mark, but dropped five of seven before pounding the Pelicans. Despite a pair of wins already in hand against the Blazers this season, the Clippers expect a stiffer test Monday.The Trail Blazers are a great team, Redick said. They beat us last year in the playoffs. If we move the ball like we did (Saturday), I think we are going to score.The availability of Clippers guard Austin Rivers has yet to be determined. Rivers, who started for Griffin against the Pelicans, took a hard shot to the face in the third quarter from New Orleans forward Terrence Jones. Rivers was treated and returned to the game for 46 seconds in the fourth quarter before team officials became concerned the blow had a delayed impact. ' ' ' 
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