FILE PHOTO: Tennis - ATP 500 - St Petersburg Open - St Petersburg, Russia - October 15, 2020 France's Ugo Humbert in action during his second round match against Russia's Andrey Rublev REUTERS/Anton Vaganov
(Reuters) - France's Ugo Humbert saved four match points against Briton Dan Evans in the European Open semi-final as he came from behind to win 4-6 7-6(7) 6-4 on Saturday, setting up a title clash with eighth seed Alex de Minaur.
After dropping the opening set, Humbert took a 3-0 lead in the second but Evans fought back to take it to a tiebreak. However, the Frenchman mounted his own comeback from 3-6 down and again at 6-7 to force a third.
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