BBC SPORT | TENNIS | Ferrero and Novak to meet in final

Spain's Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Sebastien Grosjean in straight sets to move into the final of the Swiss Open.

France's Grosjean found his title hopes guillotined in just over an hour on Bastille Day as the in-form Ferrero cruised to a 6-4 6-4 victory.

He will now meet the Czech Republic's Jiri Novak in Sunday's final after he beat fourth seed Alex Corretja of Spain.

Second seed Ferrero raced into a 5-1 lead in the first set before Grosjean, seeded third, broke back in the eighth game to trail 5-4.

I have a lot of good experience on the clay and I came here with confidence

Juan Carlos Ferrero

Ferrero served out the set before breaking for 2-1 in the third game of the second set. Games then went with serve and Grosjean became Ferrero's fourth French victim in the tournament.

Ferrero leads the way in ATP tournament wins so far this season with four and currently lies third in the Champions Race behind Andre Agassi and Gustavo Kuerten.

He said: "There is no real secret to my good form, but I have a lot of good experience on the clay and I came here with confidence.

"I want to do better, I'm really hoping to make it to the Masters Cup in Sydney in November and I'm on my way to doing that."

Earlier Novak came from behind to claim a 3-6 6-3 6-4 win over the defending champion Corretja.

Corretja, a winner in Gstaad in 2000 and 1998, appeared to be heading for a possible Gstaad hat-trick after breaking the Czech in the fourth game to easily take the opening set.

Jiri Novak playing against Alex Corretja
Czech Republic star Jiri Novak caused an upset
But Novak, runner-up with partner David Rikl in the Wimbledon doubles final last week, adapted well to the switch from grass to clay.

He claimed the decisive breaks in the next two sets to advance to his second final this year.

"This is my fifth final in six or seven years and that's why I play tennis," said Novak, the winner in Munich earlier this season.

"To play in front of such large crowds against great players like Corretja gives you such a great feeling."


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