ZAGREB, Croatia (AP)—Defending champion Marin Cilic of Croatia has beaten third-seeded Juergen Melzer of Austria 7-6 (5), 6-4 to reach the finals of the Zagreb Indoors tournament.
The top-seeded Croatian, who will face Michael Berrer in Sunday's final, improved to 14-1 in 2010 with the victory on Saturday. He is going for his second title this year and fifth of his career.
Cilic won in Chennai, India, in January and reached the semifinals of the Australian Open last week to break into the top 10 in the world rankings for the first time this week.
Michael Berrer defeated fellow German Philipp Petzschner in the second semifinal.