Fognini, Jarry advance to Brasil Open final

Italy's Fabio Fognini and Chile's Nicolas Jarry advanced to the final of the Brasil Open with wins over Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas and Argentina's Horacio Zeballos, respectively.

The second-seeded Fognini breezed past the third-seeded Cuevas 6-4, 6-2 in an hour and 10 minutes in the first tennis semi-final at this clay-court event here on Saturday, reports Efe.

Jarry, who has been a breakout player in the 2018 South American clay-court season, then advanced to his first ATP Tour final with a come-from-behind 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-4 victory over Zeballos.

The Chilean will play for the title a week after reaching his first-ever ATP Tour semi-final at the Rio Open.

Sunday's final will be the first meeting between these two players.

--IANS

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