Seppi, Paire reach Serbia Open final

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) Italy's Andreas Seppi and France's Benoit Paire won semifinal matches Saturday and will play for the Serbia Open title.

Seppi, seeded second, rallied past fourth-seeded David Nalbandian 2-6, 6-2, 7-5. Paire upset top-seeded Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 to reach his first final on the ATP Tour.

Nalbandian easily won the opening set, but Seppi regrouped in the second set and broke at 5-4 in the third to serve out the match. Nalbandian committed seven double-faults.

Andujar broke early in the first set, but Paire responded by breaking twice for a 5-3 lead and serving out the set. Paire finished with seven aces.

Paire previously eliminated sixth-seeded Fabio Fognini, Guillermo Garcia-Lopez and third-seeded Jarkko Nieminen.

Updated May 5, 2012