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Marcos Baghdatis beat qualifier Aleksander Peya 6-4 6-3 and will face Ivan Ljubicic in Sunday's final of the Zagreb Open.
The Cypriot, who suffered an embarrassing early exit at the Australian Open, took the opening set after breaking at 5-4 and stepped up his game in the second set.
The 21-year-old broke his Austrian opponent a further two times to reach the fourth final of his professional career.
Baghdatis will now face top seed, crowd favourite and defending champion Ivan Ljubicic, who beat Mikhail Youzhny in three sets (2-6 6-3 7-5).
"I am satisfied because I played some really good tennis this week," said Baghdatis.
"Today I was really focused on every point and I want to finish the work tomorrow."
Baghatis, seeded number two for the tournament, is available to back at 2.22 to win Sunday's final in Zagreb, with Ljubicic the 1.48 favourite.
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