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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Top-seeded David Ferrer beat Gael Monfils 6-1, 6-2 on Friday to reach the final of the Heineken Open.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ferrer will meet Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber in the final.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ferrer has the chance to match the record of Australian great Roy Emerson by winning the Auckland title four times, including three straight championships.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Second-seeded Kohlschreiber had a tougher task to reach the final, having to handle the powerful serve of fourth-seeded American Sam Querrey before winning 6-4, 7-6 (2).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kohlschreiber will be attempting to win in Auckland for the second time after taking the 2008 singles title.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ferrer's path to the final was eased by the fact Monfils had to battle another of the injuries that have recently affected his career.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monfils' ranking dropped to 99 during 2012 as he had a series of injury setbacks and he needed a wild card to make the Auckland main draw.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"It was bad luck for Gael,'' Ferrer said. \"He was tired after the match yesterday (against Haas).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Monfils' injury does not appear likely to threaten his Australian Open run.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"David is an incredible player and today I was very tired,'' Monfils said. \"Against a player like that he's very powerful and it's very physical.''&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kohlschreiber broke Querrey in the third game of the first set and took the set in 26 minutes. After a service break apiece, Kohlschreiber swept to a 6-0 lead in the second set tiebreak and closed out the set in 42 minutes.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\"I have to say it was a really great match from my side,'' Kohlschreiber said. \"I played unbelievable.''&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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