Krajinovic Dominates On Serve To Reach Budapest Final

Filip Krajinovic will try to become the ninth first-time ATP Tour titlist this year in Budapest after defeating Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert 6-2, 6-2 in one hour on Saturday to reach the final of the Hungarian Open.

The Serbian lost just six service points and did not face a break point to reach his second tour-level final, having also made the championship match at the 2017 Rolex Paris Masters, an ATP Masters 1000 tournament, as a qualifier. Krajinovic dropped just two service points in the second set, breaking Herbert four times in the match.

Perhaps fittingly, Krajinovic qualified in Budapest like he did two years ago in Paris, dropping only one set in six matches. He is the third qualifier to make an ATP Tour final this season, joining Brayden Schnur (l. in New York) and Daniel Evans (l. in Delray Beach). He now has 15 tour-level wins this season, setting a personal-best after earning 14 victories last year.

Rio de Janeiro champion Laslo Djere, the only seeded player remaining, faces 2018 Gstaad winner Matteo Berrettini in the second semi-final. This is their first FedEx ATP Head2Head meeting, but Berrettini has won two of their three professional matches.

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