WELLINGTON — Rising American talent Jack Sock and Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut will face off in the Auckland Classic final after stunning top seeds David Ferrer and Jo Wilfried Tsonga in the semi-finals on Friday.
Sock upset four-times champion and world number eight Ferrer 3-6 6-1 6-2 before Bautista Agut also came from a set down to shock second seed Tsonga 3-6 7-6(3) 6-4 in last four action at the Australian Open warm-up.
American Sock's impressive run in New Zealand had looked like coming to an end when, suffering from what he later described as flu-like symptoms, he lost the first set to the 33-year-old Ferrer.