There will be an all-Spanish final of the Winston-Salem Open after Roberto Bautista Agut and Pablo Carreno Busta made it through their semi-final contests.
Number two seed Agut edged a nervy encounter with Serb Viktor Troicki, coming out on top 7-5 6-7 (7.2) 6-2 in over two hours to book his first ATP Tour final in America.
"I was a bit tight when trying to close out the match. It's a normal thing, though. Everyone is a bit nervous when trying to win the match," Bautista Agut told atptour.com.
"I was very disappointed to lose the second set after leading 5-0. But the good thing is that I was able to recover and set aside the bad feelings in the third set. I work hard on the mental side of my game and I think it is one of my strengths."
He will meet compatriot Carreno Busta, who beat Australian John Millman 6-4 7-6 (7/5) to reach his third final of the year.
Agut, ranked 17 in the world, won their only previous meeting in last year's US Open.
Source: PA
