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Aljaz Bedene cruises into Hungarian Open final

By PA Sport

Saturday 29 April 2017 17:16, UK

Britain's Aljaz Bedene celebrates his victory Serbia's Laslo Djere during their semifinal tennis match at the Hungarian Open in Budapest, on April 29, 2017
Image: Britain's Aljaz Bedene celebrates his victory Serbia's Laslo Djere

Aljaz Bedene booked his pace in the Hungarian Open final with a straight-sets win over Serbian Laslo Djere.

The British No 4 forced two early breaks to take charge of the opening set before going on to close out a 6-2 6-4 victory in one hour and 19 minutes.

The win was a 16th in succession for Bedene, who had secured back-to-back titles on the second-tier Challenger Tour before coming through qualifying in Budapest and going on to upset second seed Ivo Karlovic in the quarter-finals.

Bedene was ranked outside the top 100 at the beginning of March, but his run sees the Slovenian-born 27-year-old now closing in on a return to the top 50.

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After making it into the final of an ATP World Tour event for the first time since 2015, Bedene will now face top seed Lucas Pouille after the Frenchman defeated Italian Paolo Lorenzi 6-2 7-5.

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