Kovacevic gave the surprise and the ends will not have the most favorite in the final

The American Aleksandar Kovacevic, 76 of the ranking, gave the surprise of the Mexican Open of Los Cabos by defeating in the semifinal 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 to Russian Andrey Rublev, first favorite.

In a duel concluded in the early hours of this Saturday, Kovacevic went from less to more. After losing the first set, his performance improved and eliminated the tenth player of the Tour.

Rublev was better in the first set, in which he won the 84 % of the points with the first service and broke the Kovacevic serve in the first and ninth games to take advantage.

In the second, the American raised the solidity of his serve and broke the service in the third and seventh games, but did not confirm the second break and the Russian approached 5-3. Calm Kovecevic was accurate with the serve and forced a third set.

The third partial was at odds until in the ninth game, Kovacevic broke and, after confirming, took the victory with a good performance with his setback to one hand before a frustrated rulev before his 39 Non -Forced Errors.

Kovacevic will play the title with Denis Shapovalov, who defeated the Australian Adam Walton 6-2, 6-2. The Canadian, player 33 of the world, maintained the good tennis he has shown in the week and left without response to his rival, racket 97 of the world.

In the first set a break in the fifth and seventh game; In the second manga, he broke the serve of his opponent in the third and the fifth and thus agreed to the final in which he will look for his fourth title on the Tour.

Shapo He put 24 winning shots, for eight of his rival; He won 76 % of the points with his first service and developed his best tennis in crucial moments.

This ATP 250, endowed with a $ 920,280 awards bag, is the first station for professionals to adapt to the rapid surface and the North American schedule. The end remains in September: the US Open.