Arthur Fils and Andrey Rublev claim comeback wins to move into Barcelona final

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rublev-andrey/AeAn4gP0/"]Rublev[/a] also came from a set down to beat Serbia's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/medjedovic-hamad/nDcBkcu7/"]Hamad Medjedovic[/a] [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/medjedovic-h-nDcBkcu7/rublev-a-AeAn4gP0/?mid=S4pqmK9N"]3-6, 6-2, 6-2[/a] in their semi-final earlier on Saturday.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arthur-fils/IoIhUqIN/"]Fils[/a] came back from an eight-month injury absence in February and has been in strong form, finishing as runner-up to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/alcaraz-garfia-carlos/UkhgIFEq/"]Carlos Alcaraz[/a] in Doha and will be hoping to lift a fourth tournament of his career on Sunday.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/jodar-rafael/OdngshVK/"]Jodar[/a] had won all three of his matches this week in straight sets, including against world number 24 [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/norrie-cameron/pvzhJGY8/"]Cameron Norrie[/a], and he started brightly in front of an encouraging home crowd.[/p][embed guid="e90f639d-7f56-4832-ad6e-505c17368093" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2045534273587879986" social-type="twitter" /][p]But the 19-year-old faded physically as [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/arthur-f-IoIhUqIN/jodar-r-OdngshVK/?mid=tGANDm6C"]the contest continued[/a].[/p][p]"[b]It took me a set and a half to get used to his power, he's going to be a pain in the ass to play over the years[/b]."[/p][p]Looking ahead to the decider, Fils said he was looking forward to another battle.[/p][p]"[b]You can win a lot of matches but then miss in the final, and I'm sure this will be tough. Andrey is a great player and a great guy[/b]," said Fils.[/p][embed guid="0915f986-8bea-428f-80cd-137ad7883c80" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2045498312770392575" social-type="twitter" /][p]For the 28-year-old Rublev this will be the 29th final of his career.[/p][p]World number two Alcaraz withdrew with a wrist injury on Wednesday and on Friday also pulled out of next week's Madrid Masters.[/p]