Bolelli sets up final with Gonzalez in Munich Open
2008-05-05来源:
BERLIN, May 3 (Xinhua) -- Italian Simone Bolelli toppled French top seed Paul-Henri Mathieu 7-6, 4-6 and 7-6 to reach the final of the Munich Open tennis tournament on Saturday.The unseeded 22-year-old Bolelli took the deciding set tiebreak7-4 to seal victory in just over three hours and set up a meeting with second seed Fernando Gonzalez of Chile in Sunday's final of the clay court event.Gonzalez had earlier won another tight semi-final, seeing off the 36-year-old Moroccan Younes El Aynaoui 3-6, 6-4 and 6-3 to take his place in the final.El Aynaoui, the oldest semi-finalist in an ATP tournament since Jimmy Connors managed it at the age of 40 in 1993, was in charge at a set and a break up but he missed the chance to go 4-2 up in the second and that was the signal for Gonzalez to rediscover his form.The Chilean levelled the match and won a long game at the start of the second set to go a break ahead before completing victory in one hour 52 minutes to reach his second final of the season."He played fantastic tennis," Gonzalez told reporters. "It was like being up against a top five player today."