France’s Hugo Gaston battles into first ATP final in Gstaad

Frenchman Hugo Gaston ignored his modest world ranking of 155 to reach his first ATP final on Saturday, with a three-set victory over Laslo Djere in the semifinals of the Gstaad.

Gaston, 20, came back from a set down to defeat the seventh-seeded Serb 3-6, 6-3, 6-3 and will take on Norway’s third seed Casper Ruud for the title.It was the third match in a row at the Swiss tournament where Gaston had won the deciding set.

In the quarter-finals on Friday, he saved four match points in the final set tie-break against fourth-seeded Chilean Cristian Garin.

Ruud reached Sunday’s final by seeing off Czech qualifier Vit Kopriva 6-3, 6-0.