Bernard Tomic beats Alexandr Dolgopolov to reach Acapulco final

Bernard Tomic will face Austrian teenager Dominic Thiem in the final of the Mexico Open in Acapulco.

Tomic battled his was to a 1-6 6-4 6-3 victory over Alexandr Dolgopolov to reach a fifth ATP Tour final and first since winning in Bogota last year.

The Australian was up against it early on having dropped serve three times to see Dolgopolov take the first set but Tomic appears a more concentrated individual this season having made the semi-final in Brisbane, reached the last 16 of the Australian Open and two other ATP quarter-finals.

The fifth seed bounced back impressively to take the next two sets in relatively comfortable fashion and move into the first ATP 500 final of his career and he will be hopeful of success having won three of his previous four finals.

"I am very happy to be in the final now," said Tomic said.

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"He is very tough. You just have to stay with him in the match. His level of play was too good in the first set. So I knew I had to stay with him and take advantage of my opportunities."

Up next for Tomic will be 22-year-old Thiem who will be gunning for a second title of the year - only world No 1 Novak Djokovic and Roberto Bautista Agut have claimed an ATP double this season.

Thiem, a winner in Argentina earlier this month, is up to a career high of 15 in the world rankings and cruised past Sam Querrey 6-2 6-2 in the other semi-final.

Top two seeds David Ferrer and Kei Nishikori were both ousted in the early stages of the event while third seed Marin Cilic was beaten in the first round, leaving Tomic and Thiem as the highest ranked players in the tournament from the quarter-final stage. They will contest the final in what will be their first ever meeting.

You can see full coverage of the final in Acapulco on Saturday night, from 3am on Sky Sports 3.