Ruusuvuori advances to Tata Open final with win over Kamil

Finland youngster Emil Ruusuvuori earned a shot at his maiden ATP World Tour title with a hard-fought victory over a fi ghting Kamil Majchrzak in a high-quality semifi nal of the Tata Open Maharashtra on Saturday.

Kamil got himself to a position where he was serving for the second to force a decider but 22-year-old Emil walked out with a 6-3, 7-6 (0) win after one hour and 46 minutes of engrossing tennis at the Balewadi Sports Complex.

Emil was put under pressure by an aggressive Kamil but the Finn held to stretch it to a tie-breaker, in which he raced to a 5-0 lead and fi nished the match with consecutive aces.