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Zverev vs Pella for BMW Open final

May 6, 2017 Updated Sat., May 6, 2017 at 10:54 a.m.

German Alexander Zverev wins the men's singles quarter-final match against the Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut at the ATP tennis tournament in Munich, Germany, Saturday, May 6 2017. (Angelika Warmuth / Associated Press)

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Saturday’s Results

At MTTC Iphitos, Munich

Purse: $496,000 (WT250)

Surface: Clay-Outdoor

Singles – Quarterfinals

Hyeon Chung, South Korea, leads Martin Klizan, Slovakia, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2.

Semifinals

Alexander Zverev (3), Germany, def. Roberto Bautista Agut (2), Spain, 7-5, 7-5,

Guido Pella, Argentina, def. Hyeon Chung, South Korea, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4.

Doubles – Semifinals

Jeremy Chardy and Fabrice Martin, France, def. Julio Peralta, Chile, and Horacio Zeballos (4), Argentina, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

MUNICH – Alexander Zverev defeated second-seeded Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 7-5, 7-5 on Saturday and will meet Argentine qualifier Guido Pella in the BMW Open final.

The 158th-ranked Pella rallied to beat Chung Hyeon of South Korea 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 in their semifinal.

Chung played earlier, defeating Martin Klizan of Slovakia 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in their quarterfinal, which was suspended on Friday due to darkness.

The 20-year-old Zverev of Germany fired nine aces, as Pella did, to advance to his fifth ATP final and improve on his semifinal finish at the clay-court tournament last year.

“It will be special,” the third-seeded Zverev said of his first final on home soil. Zverev won in St. Petersburg, Russia, last year and took his second title in Montpellier in February.

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