Qualifier Carsten Ball stretched his dream run at the Los Angeles Open all the way to Sunday's final, where he faces former junior rival Sam Querrey in a battle of big servers.
The Los Angeles-born Australian Ball will see his 205th ranking rise to 120th should he buck the odds and claim an ATP title ran past Argentine Leonardo Mayer 7-5, 7-6 (7/3) in their semi-final here in Tennis Betting.
Sixth seed Querrey reached his third final as many events with an upset of two-time winner and top seed Tommy Haas 6-3, 7-5, with the Californian saving three break points in the final game to ice the win.
"I've been playing a lot of matches recently," said Querrey, who came up short in post-Wimbledon trophy bids at Newport and Indianapolis last month. "But the more matches you win, the better the confidence.
"I've been doing a lot of running on the track, 200 (metres), 400 (metres), that is starting to pay off. It may also help that I've been feeling pretty hyper on court."
Ball, who lives in nearby Newport Beach and has happily commuted up to four hours per day ever since qualifying rounds more than a week ago, had never played an ATP-level match prior to this week.
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