Second seed and 2009 champion Novak Djokovic once against proved his supremacy by recording a marathon win over Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis to reach the final of the 2010 Barclays Dubai tennis Championships, being played here in the desert city of Dubai, UAE.

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Djokovic started the match on a bad note and lost his serve early on. In an immediate break back, the Serb then saw his chances in the opening set tie-break, which eventually the Cypriot dominated and took a head start into the match.

The second set did not change the story much initially and Djokovic found himself down a break again, just to bounce back and level the match by reeling off a series of games. As the match went into a deciding third set, Djokovic got an elusive break in the third game and maintained the lead to complete a 6-7(2), 6-3, 6-4 win in a tussle that lasted two hours and 55 minutes in play.

He now meets Russian Mikhail Youzhny, who overcame the challenge of Austrian Jurgen Melzer with a 7-6, 7-6(4) scoreline.