Top seed Raonic to face Haas in San Jose ATP final
Two-time defending champion Milos Raonic of Canada fired 12 aces in
beating US third seed Sam Querrey 6-4, 6-2 on Saturday to reach the
final of the $547,000 ATP Tour SAP Open.
The big-serving top seed will try to become the first player since
Tony Trabert in 1953-1955 to win the San Jose title three years in a row
when he faces German fourth seed Tommy Haas in Sunday’s indoor hardcourt
final.
Haas, ranked 22nd, defeated US second seed John Isner 6-3, 6-4 in the
other semi-final.
Raonic, 22, and Haas, 34, will face each other for the first time in
what will be the final match in the history of the event, which will be
dropped from the ATP schedule after this year.
Querrey had won both prior matches against Raonic, including last
year at Wimbledon, but the World No. 13 dropped only five points on his
serve in the match and never faced a breakpoint in overwhelming the
American this time.
Haas fired eight aces and connected on 75 percent of his first serves
while Isner, known for his big serves, had nine aces but connected on
only 59 percent of his first serves.
Haas lost three of his four prior matches against Isner but they had
not faced each other since 2009.
AFP
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