Lucas Pouille and Roberto Bautista Agut set for Dubai final

Michael Graham
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - MARCH 02: Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain celebrates winning his semi final match against Malek Jaziri of Tunisia on day five of the ATP Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships at the Dubai Duty Free Stadium on March 2, 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Photo by Tom Dulat/Getty Images)

Lucas Pouille beat Filip Krajinovic to set up a final showdown with Roberto Bautista Agut at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.

Second seed Pouille battled to a 6-3 6-7 (4/7) 7-6 (7/5) win on Friday ahead of Saturday’s final.

There, he will face third seed Bautista Agut, who brushed aside Tunisian wildcard Malek Jaziri with a straight-sets 6-3 6-4 victory.

Meanwhile, in Sao Paulo, third seed and defending champion Pablo Cuevas held on to edge Leonardo Mayer to reach the semi-finals of the Brasil Open.

The three-times winner Cuevas recorded a 6-2 6-7 (13/15) 7-6 (7/5) win against the Argentinian in the opening quarter-final of the day.

Second seed Fabio Fognini will face Cuevas in the last four thanks to a straight-forward 6-4 6-2 victory over Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-Lopez.