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1 vs. 2 final in Dubai

We have a big final to look forward to in the Dubai tournament tomorrow. The top two seeds in the draw, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic, will face off in a repeat of their Australian Open semi-final match. Federer has won Dubai several times, but Djokovic has claimed the title the last two years in a row. Here's how this dream-final has come to be:

Tomas Berdych retired due to injury in the third set of his semi-final match against Djokovic. Berdych won the first set in a tiebreak, but Novak took the second set and was leading in the third before Berdych retired. Read what Nole had to say about the match here.

Except for a slight hiccup late in the second set, Federer was able to run over Gasquet in a straight sets win, 6-2, 7-5. Gasquet had a chance to serve for the second set when he broke Federer at 4-4 to take a 5-4 lead. But Roger decided not to let Richard take the match to a third set and broke Gasquet right back. From there it was business as usual for the top seed, breaking Gasquet again to win the match in just 73 minutes. Roger talks about the match and the upcoming final here.

I don't expect the slight shakiness displayed by Djokovic today to carry into tomorrow's final against Federer. Nole will show up. He's not just defending a title, he's going for a three-peat. And he's got to do it against a man who is arguably the greatest tennis player of all time. If nothing else, Novak can go into the match knowing that he beat Federer recently at the Australian Open. Also, Federer is not RoboCop. That's got to be a huge relief for Djokovic.

-multi