HALLE: Top seed Daniil Medvedev to meet fifth seed Hubert Hurkacz in the Halle Open final on Sunday. Continuing his impressive grass-court form, Medvedev powered past home favourite Oscar Otte while Hurkacz piped Nick Kyrgios in the semifinals on Saturday.
The World No. 1 fended off a set point when trailing 3-5 before clinching the opening set in a tie-break against World No 51 Otte. A solitary break in the second set was enough to secure a 7-6(3), 6-3 semifinal victory in the pair's first ATP head-to-head meeting.
Hurkacz beat Nick Kyrgios 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6(4) in the exciting second semifinal.
Medvedev had saved all 17 break points he faced across his opening three matches in Halle this week, and he was forced into further rear-guard actions by a fast start from Otte on OWL Arena. Agencies
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