BANGKOK, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Dmitry Tursunov of Russia and Germany's Benjamin Becker won semifinal matches Saturday and will play Sunday for the Thailand Open championship.
Tursunov posted a 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-4, victory over Fernando Verdasco of Spain, while Becker upset Czech Tomas Berdych, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Tursunov, 24, will try for his third career title and second of 2007. He won the U.S. Open tune-up in Indianapolis, and then went three straight tournaments -- Montreal, Cincinnati and the U.S. Open -- without winning a match before this week's run. His other ATP singles crown came one year ago when he beat Berdych in Mumbai.
Becker never lost serve in the final two sets and broke Berdych once each time to complete the victory.
Sunday will mark the first career ATP final for Becker, who had lost seven straight first-round matches before turning it around this week. Tursunov won the only previous meeting with Becker, capturing a first-round match in Indianapolis in 2006.
