DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) Little-known Marinko Matosevic of Australia reached his first career ATP final, beating Dudi Sela of Israel 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7) in the semifinals Saturday at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships.
The 173rd-ranked Matosevic needed five match points to close out the 2-hour, 54-minute match on a day where a swirling wind didn't help either player.
He finally won the match on his third match point in the tiebreaker - he double-faulted on the first one at 6-5, and hit the ball into the net at 8-7. Matosevic won when the 75th-ranked Sela netted a backhand.
n the final, he will face the winner of the other semifinal between top-seed John Isner of the United States and seventh seed Kevin Anderson of South Africa.