Sunday, September 23, 2001, updated at 13:19(GMT+8)
Sports
Second-seeded Schuettler Meets Kratochvil in Shanghai Open Final
Second seed Rainer Schuettler of Germany Saturday overcame shoulder injury to reach the final of Shanghai Open tennis tournament with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 win over fourth-seeded Spaniard Francisco Clavet.
Schuettler, who was bothered by a sore shoulder halfway through his semifinal, received treatment from a trainer following the second set, then broke Clavet early in the third to take a 3-2 lead and never relinquished it.
The German, advancing to his first final in more than a year, will next take on Swiss third seed Michel Kratochvil who defeated unseeded Kenneth Carlsen of Denmark in the other semifinal, 6-2 6- 4.
Kratochvil, 22, will be playing in his first career final when he meets Schuettler on Sunday.
Second seed Rainer Schuettler of Germany Saturday overcame shoulder injury to reach the final of Shanghai Open tennis tournament with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 win over fourth-seeded Spaniard Francisco Clavet.