January 14, 2011 08:25 am | Updated 08:25 am IST - AUCKLAND
David Ferrer will play David Nalbandian in the final of Heineken Open. File Photo
David Ferrer will play David Nalbandian in the final of the Heineken Open after both won their semifinals on Friday in straight sets.
Top-seeded Ferrer of Spain beat unseeded Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 6-3, 7-5 to progress to Saturday’s final.
Nalbandian beat Spaniard Nicolas Almagro 6-4, 6-2. The second-seeded Almagro, playing with a bandaged right index finger, competed strongly in the first set until he needed a medical time-out to get his right foot attended to by a courtside trainer.
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