No. 1 seed Andrey Rublev will face second-seeded Luciano Darderi in the Nordea Open final Sunday after both prevailed in three sets in their semifinal matches Saturday in Bastad, Sweden.
Nordea Open Semifinals
The Russian Rublev defeated No. 3 seed Alejandro Tabilo of Chile 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, while Italy’s Darderi held off unseeded Adolfo Daniel Vallejo of Paraguay 6-4, 6-7 (11), 6-3.
Advancing to his 30th tour-level final, Rublev won 77.6% of his first-serve points (38 of 49) and posted 12 aces, including three in the final set. Tabilo saved 10 of 13 break points and three match points in a losing effort.
EFG Swiss Open Gstaad
No. 7 seed Raphael Collignon of Belgium and unseeded Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece will meet in Sunday’s final after each won their semifinal matches in three sets at Gstaad, Switzerland.
Collignon, heading to his first ATP Tour final, saved a match point before upending No. 6 seed Juan Manuel Cerundolo of Spain 1-6, 7-6 (5), 7-5, while Tsitsipas took down Alexander Shevchenko of Kazakhstan 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
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