Coric to face Delbonis in Grand Prix Hassan II final

MARRAKECH, Morocco — Third-seeded Borna Coric beat eighth-seeded Jiri Vesely 7-6 (5), 7-6 (5) Saturday to reach the Grand Prix Hassan II final, where he will bid for his first career title. The 19-year-old Croat will take on Argentine Federico Delbonis, who eliminated Spaniard Albert Montanes 6-4, 6-3. Delbonis, who won the only title of his career two years ago at Sao Paulo on indoor clay, has never faced Coric. Coric, ranked 48th, lost his only career final in January on an outdoor hard-court at Chennai, India. After both players broke once in the first set, Vesely opened up a 3-1 lead in the second, but Coric broke back against the Czech and sealed victory on his second match point. On Friday, Jiri Vesely beat top-seeded Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 6-4, 7-6 (2) to reach the semifinals. Third-seeded Borna Coric advanced beating French veteran Paul-Henri Mathieu 6-7 (6), 6-3, 6-4 Also, fourth-seeded Federico Delbonis won 7-5, 6-2 against seventh-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain. Delbonis next faces Spaniard Albert Montanes, who beat Argentine Facundo Bagnis 6-1, 7-5. Giorgi and Cibulkova to meet at Katowice Open final In Poland, fifth-seeded Camila Giorgi of Italy and eighth-seeded Dominika Cibulkova of Slovakia advanced to the Katowice Open final Saturday. Giorgi, who seeks her second WTA title, has won both of their previous encounters. In the semifinals, Giorgi beat third-seeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-4, 6-3 to play in her third straight Katowice final. Cibulkova dispatched Pauline Parmentier 7-5, 6-0 to improve to 4-1 against the unseeded French player. She hopes to win her fifth WTA title on Sunday. On Friday, Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia played Timea Babos for the first time, beating the seventh-seeded Hungarian 7-6 (3), 2-6, 6-3 to reach the semifinals of the Katowice Open. Camila Giorgi overcame ninth-seeded Kirsten Flipkens 6-2, 5-7, 6-4 to claim her first victory over the Belgian after two losses.