Africa Tennis : Anderson reaches final in Sydney

Kevin Anderson South African tennis player was the first South African man to reach the final of Sydney International on Friday, after beating the Frenchman Julien Benneteau.

Anderson lost the first set, 36-rank before winning the next two and that advanced him into Saturday’s finals, in which he will face either young Australian Bernard Tomic or Italian third seed Andreas Seppi.

It took the grace of God for Anderson to get this victory because Anderson spent two hours 23 minutes to grind out the 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (10/8).

The last South African player who was left to play the semi-final was Wayne Ferreira against Carlos Moya in 2004.

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