Fernando Verdasco reaches second final in a week with victory at Barcelona Open . Verdasco denies compatriot David Ferrer Fifth successive final outing in Spanish event . second seed comes from behind to triumph 7 -7 ( 3-7 ) 6 -5 6-1 in Saturday 's third semifinal . Ferrer had been hoping to make up for his past two final defeats against Rafael Nadal , who opted to rest this week after crushing Verdasco to win a record-equaling sixth title in Monte Carlo , but the eighth seed was soon 5-0 down in the decider . He will face second seed Robin Soderling in final after Swede crushed Thiemo de Bakker .
Fernando Verdasco reaches second final in a week with victory at Barcelona Open . Verdasco denies compatriot David Ferrer Fifth successive final outing in Spanish event . second seed comes from behind to triumph 7 -7 ( 3-7 ) 6 -5 6-1 in Saturday 's third semifinal . He will face second seed Robin Soderling in final after Swede crushed Thiemo de Bakker .