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Politics Business Expressions General Sports Leisure States 16 February 1998   Sampras, Aggasi in title clash Top seed Pete Sampras and old rival Andre Agassi will face-off in the final of the $3,40,000 ATP tour men's tennis tournament. Sampras held off upstart qualifier John Van Lottum of the Netherlands 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 in the semi-finals to line up a shot at his third straight San Jose crown and his 53rd career ATP tour title.   Paes-Bhupathi live up to top billing Top seeds Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi won the doubles title in the one million dollar Dubai Tennis Open with an emphatic 6-2, 7-5 over the second-seeded American pair of Don Johnson and Francisco Montana at Dubai. Except for a short while in the second set, when the Americans staged a brief comeback, Paes and Bhupathi were in total control of the match. SA take control South africa pressed home the advantage gained by a world Test record ninth-wicket partnership between Pat Symcox and Mark Boucher on the second day of the first Test at the Wanderers Stadium. Pakistan were 106 for four in reply to South Africa's 364 all out at the close after rain compelled for tea to be called 18 minutes early. Japan beat Australia Japan's Takashi Hirano scored twice as the team continued its World Cup buildup with a 3-0 win over Terry Venables' 10-man Australian team today.   JCT title hopes dented JCT got another jolt to their title defence when struggling Dempo Sports Club held them to a 1-1 draw in the Philips National Football League match at the Ambedkar Stadium here today. Londonderry wins Eveready Eclipse stakes Londonderry, who was expected to put up a good show in The Indian Derby, won the sponsored The Eveready Eclipse Stakes from the fast finishing owner-mate Clifden in the Mumbai races run on Sunday at Mahalakshmi.     Global Sport   Bhaskar stunned   Railways keep right on track   Vasu's best buoys TN   MP set milestone   WI flounder to Fraser   Rain rules   Ashish Zaidi scalps seven   Italian police swoop on hooligans   Ganguly in sight of IM norm   Bihar off to good start   Joglekar, Mehta slam centuries for SPG