Daniil Medvedev held off a fightback from world number three Alexander Zverev to win 7-6 (7-3) 6-7 (1-7) 6-4 and reach Sunday’s Halle Open final.
It will be a first final in 15 months for Medvedev, who will take on world number 45 Alexander Bublik after the Kazakh beat eighth seed Karen Khachanov 4-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-4.
After taking the opening set against Zverev on a tie-break, world number 11 Medvedev wasted three match points in the second set, and required three hours and one minute to get the job done.
“I am happy with my level, I played great,” Medvedev said.
“I would have loved to finish on the match points [in the second set]. The first one I went for it and missed it.
“The second one I went a bit slower to wait for a mistake and he made a great point. I am happy to win in the end.”
As was the case during his quarter-final victory on Friday, Medvedev needed treatment for a nosebleed at 4-4 in the opening set.
The Russian has lost five ATP finals in succession, with his last triumph coming at the Italian Open in May 2023. [BBC]
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