Adrian Mannarino reached his second tour-level championship match of the year on Saturday, defeating Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-0, 4-6, 6-1 at the Huajin Securities Zhuhai Championships.
The 31-year-old started and finished with a flourish to improve to 2-0 in ATP Tour semi-finals this year, winning the opening seven and final five games of the match to advance after two hours and three minutes. Ramos-Vinolas was aiming to notch his 30th tour-level victory of the year in his fourth ATP Tour semi-final of the season (2-2).
Mannarino will be bidding to add a second ATP Tour trophy to his collection in the final. Appearing in his seventh tour-level championship match at the Libema Open in June, the Frenchman defeated Jordan Thompson in straight sets to become the oldest first-time champion on the ATP Tour this year.
Mannarino will meet Roberto Bautista Agut or Alex de Minaur in the final. The World No. 61 has claimed one victory in four FedEx ATP Head2Head encounters against Bautista Agut and is yet to face De Minaur at tour-level.
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