( CNN ) -- David Ferrer will aim to become the first Spaniard to win the Miami Masters after beating Germany 's Tommy Haas in an absorbing semifinal on Friday . The trophy has proved beyond the reach of three of his compatriots in the past , with Rafael Nadal having failed on three occasions ( 2005 , 2008 , 2011 ) to add to previous failures by Carlos Moya ( 2003 ) and Sergi Bruguera ( 1997 ) . The third seed , who celebrates his 31st birthday on Tuesday , will play either Andy Murray or Richard Gasquet in Sunday 's final after recovering from a break down in the third set to win 4-6 , 6-2 , 6-3 . The world No . 5 finally ended a fine championships for Haas who , at 34 , was bidding to become the oldest man to reach the final since Jimmy Connors in 1988 . The German , who slayed world No . 1 and defending champion Novak Djovokic in the quarterfinals , took his fine form into the clash as he powered his way to the first set in Key Biscayne . Losing the opener only served to focus Ferrer 's concentration however and he broke Haas in the sixth game of the second before repeating the feat to take the set 6-2 . When Haas broke in the first and third games of the third set , the German seemed to have regained the initiative only for Ferrer to find his way back into the match through his trademark resilience . 2013 has started in superb fashion for the Spaniard , who can win his third title of the year on Sunday -- with the Australian Open semifinalist having already triumphed in Auckland and Buenos Aires . Ferrer is into his fifth ATP World Tour Masters 1000 final although his only success came last November when beating Poland 's Jerzy Janowicz in Paris . While no Spanish male has ever lifted the title in Key Biscayne , the ladies ' trophy has previously been claimed by Spain -- with Arantxa Sanchez Vicario beating Gabriela Sabatini in 1992 , before defending her crown against Steffi Graf the following year .
David Ferrer ends run of Germany 's Tommy Haas with 4-6 , 6-2 , 6-3 victory in semifinal . Third seed from Spain will play either Andy Murray or Richard Gasquet in Sunday 's final . Ferrer bidding to become first Spaniard to win Miami Masters .