Tipsarevic, Monaco advance to Mercedes Cup final

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) -- Top-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia and second-seeded Juan Monaco of Argentina will play in the final of the Mercedes Cup.

Tipsarevic reached his first final on clay by beating Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in the semifinals on Saturday.

Monaco had to work even harder against Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain. Monaco wasted five match points in squandering a 5-0 lead in the third set before prevailing 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.

Monaco is looking for his third title of the year.

us on Facebook for the latest news and information from Clark County
on Twitter for the latest news and information from Clark County