Hugo Humbert, surprising winner of the Auckland (New Zealand) tournament last January, when he beat his compatriot Benoit Paire in the final, will also play the second final of his career this year after beating British Dan Evans this Saturday by 4-6, 7-6 (7) and 6-4 in Antwerp.
The 22-year-old Frenchman, 38th in the world, raised four match points in the second set tiebreaker and will face this Sunday (4:00 PM, Movistar Deportes) in the Belgian ATP 250 title match against Australian Alex de Miñaur, who He was able in the other semifinal with the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (7-6 (4), 6-7 (3) and 6-4).
It will be the seventh final for De Miñaur, who at 21 has already won three trophies, all in 2019 (Sydney, Atlanta and Zhuhai). The Spanish-born Aussie, who lives and trains in Alicante, was able to close the match in the second set when he started serving to win in the tiebreaker, but Dimitrov forced the third set and only relented with a loss of service in the ninth game, a break that his rival made good.
