Peru's unseeded
Luis Horna derailed an all-Argentine final Friday at the ATP claycourt stop in Acapulco, ousting shoulder-addled No. 2 seed
Gaston Gaudio 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 to gain the championship match at the Mexican Open.
In the final Horna will face No. 7 seed
Juan Ignacio Chela, who eased past Spanish qualifier
Nicolas Almagro 6-2, 6-2.
"The result made it look like it was an easy game but on the court it didn't feel that way," Chela said. "Almagro started off making some errors but by the end of the second set he was playing very good tennis."
In women's play the final will be a No. 1 seed versus No. 2, with top-seeded
Flavia Pennetta rolling past
Maret Ani in the semis 6-3, 6-1, and No. 2 Anna-Lena Groenefeld likewise easing past
Emilie Loit 6-2, 6-4.
It will be the first meeting between Pennetta and Groenefeld, while Chela leads his career meetings with Horna 3-1, including a win weeks ago at Buenos Aires.
