Vasek Pospisil celebrates a point during his semi-final match against Richard Gasquet at the Sofia Open on Nov. 13, 2020, in Sofia, Bulgaria.NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV/AFP/Getty Images
SOFIA, Bulgaria Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil advanced to the final of the Sofia Open indoor hard-court tennis tournament with a 6-7 (6), 6-2, 6-0 win over France’s Richard Gasquet on Friday.
Pospisil, ranked 74th in the world, won the past 11 games of a match that took around 1 hour 51 minutes to complete.
The Canadian fired 18 aces past Gasquet as he improved to 4-2 lifetime against the world No. 49.
Pospisil won 77 per cent of service points, compared with 57 per cent for Gasquet. Pospisil saved the only break point he faced while breaking Gasquet five times on seven opportunities.
Pospisil will face 19-year-old Jannik Sinner of Italy on Saturday in the final of the ATP 250 event, with the winner claiming his first ATP Tour title.
It will be the third career Tour final appearance for the 30-year-old Pospisil and the second this year. He also advanced to the final of an indoor hard-court tournament in Montpelier, France, in February.
Sinner, the world No. 44, advanced with a 6-3, 7-5 win over fifth-seed Adrian Mannarino of France.