KUALA LUMPUR: Portugal’s Joao Sousa and Frenchman Julien Benneteau marched into the finals of the Malaysian Open yesterday.
Sousa continued his dominant form and ousted Austrian fourth seed Jurgen Melzer 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to reach his first ATP final.
The world No. 77 from Portugal, who upset top seed David Ferrer in straight sets on Friday, kept his cool under tremendous pressure from Melzer, who is the world No. 26, to record a memorable win which sets up the opportunity to be the first ATP winner from his country.
Sousa will meet fifth seed Benneteau, who defeated second seeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka 6-4, 6-3 in the semi-final yesterday. — AFP