Fish faces Tomic in the final at Kooyong
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January 14, 2012, Saturday
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MARDY Fish beat Austria's Jurgen Melzer 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 yesterday to move into the final of the Kooyong Invitational tournament against Australian teenager Bernard Tomic in Melbourne, Australia.
Fish has had two wins at the exhibition tournament that is a traditional warmup for the Australian Open, which begins on Monday at Melbourne Park.
The 19-year-old Tomic, a Wimbledon quarterfinalist last year, beat Frenchman Gael Monfils to reach the final.
Andy Roddick finished the exhibition tournament with a 6-3, 6-3 loss to Japan's Kei Nishikori, his second defeat in three matches.
Andy Murray had a 6-3, 7-6 (8) win over David Nalbandian in a match that wasn't officially part of the tournament.
In Auckland, New Zealand? Belgium's Olivier Rochus will contest his second Heineken Open final, seven years after his first, after beating eighth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4 yesterday in a marathon semifinal.
The unseeded Rochus, ranked 68, will face world No. 5 and two-time champion David Ferrer of Spain in today's final, four days short of his 31st birthday.
Top-seeded Ferrer beat third-seeded compatriot Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-4 after both players were forced to play quarterfinals and semifinals on the same day after rain delays on Thursday. Ferrer beat Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 and Verdasco beat doubles partner Guillermo Garica-Lopez 7-5, 6-4 in their quarterfinals.
Today's final pits Ferrer, the Auckland champion in 2007 and 2011, against Rochus who was beaten by Spain's Fernando Gonzalez in the 2005 final.
Ferrer said he played his best match of the week to beat world No. 24 Verdasco.
Fish has had two wins at the exhibition tournament that is a traditional warmup for the Australian Open, which begins on Monday at Melbourne Park.
The 19-year-old Tomic, a Wimbledon quarterfinalist last year, beat Frenchman Gael Monfils to reach the final.
Andy Roddick finished the exhibition tournament with a 6-3, 6-3 loss to Japan's Kei Nishikori, his second defeat in three matches.
Andy Murray had a 6-3, 7-6 (8) win over David Nalbandian in a match that wasn't officially part of the tournament.
In Auckland, New Zealand? Belgium's Olivier Rochus will contest his second Heineken Open final, seven years after his first, after beating eighth-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4 yesterday in a marathon semifinal.
The unseeded Rochus, ranked 68, will face world No. 5 and two-time champion David Ferrer of Spain in today's final, four days short of his 31st birthday.
Top-seeded Ferrer beat third-seeded compatriot Fernando Verdasco 6-3, 6-4 after both players were forced to play quarterfinals and semifinals on the same day after rain delays on Thursday. Ferrer beat Alejandro Falla of Colombia 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 and Verdasco beat doubles partner Guillermo Garica-Lopez 7-5, 6-4 in their quarterfinals.
Today's final pits Ferrer, the Auckland champion in 2007 and 2011, against Rochus who was beaten by Spain's Fernando Gonzalez in the 2005 final.
Ferrer said he played his best match of the week to beat world No. 24 Verdasco.
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