Bellucci, Sousa advance to Geneva Open final
May 22, 2015, 9:54 AM
Thomaz Bellucci, of Brazil, celebrates after winning his semifinal match against Santiago Giraldo of Colombia, at the Geneva Open tennis tournament in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, May 22, 2015. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
(Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
GENEVA (AP) — Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil advanced to the Geneva Open final on Friday and will play Joao Sousa of Portugal for the title.
Bellucci, twice a champion at Switzerland’s other clay-court event in Gstaad, eased past Santiago Giraldo of Colombia 6-3, 6-4.
The 60th-ranked Bellucci says “this is my favorite place to play. Maybe I feel very relaxed here.”
The sixth-seeded Sousa beat Federico Delbonis of Argentina 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in the other semifinal.
Though Sousa again won a third-set decider, it was less dramatic than his quarterfinal win over Spain’s Pablo Andujar when he saved four straight match points in a tiebreaker.
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