Aces will meet Punjab Marshalls in the title clash to be played in Hyderabad on Sunday.
Aces took the early lead after Thomas Johansson scraped past Alex Corretja 5-4 in the tie-break.
The much awaited match of the day was between the two former world numbers ones -- Martina Hingis of Aces taking on Jelena Jankovic. There was hardly anything separating the two until the tie-break where the Serb changed gears to win the women's singles set 5-4, leaving the overall match score at 9-9.
Lopez and Divij Sharan teamed up to win the men's doubles set 5-3 against Karlovic and Jeevan Neduncheziyan.
Aces led 18-17 going into the final set with Lopez and Karlovic fighting for a place in the final. The battle expectedly went into the tie-break which the big-serving Karlovic won.
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