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Carreno Busta beats Ferrer in Estoril semifinals

BNP Paribas Open - Day 13

INDIAN WELLS, CA - MARCH 18: Pablo Carreno Busta of Spain returns a shot to Stan Wawrinka of Switzerland during the semifinals of the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 18, 2017 in Indian Wells, California. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

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ESTORIL, Portugal -- Top-seeded Pablo Carreno Busta beat fourth-seeded David Ferrer 6-3, 6-3 in an all-Spanish semifinal of the Estoril Open on Saturday.

Carreno Busta will play third-seeded Gilles Muller in the final on Sunday after the Luxembourger beat Kevin Anderson of South Africa 7-5, 6-4.

Carreno Busta broke Ferrer three times and excelled at landing his opening serve, compared to Ferrer’s 53 percent first-serve accuracy which led to four double faults.

Carreno Busta has two career titles, both won on hard courts in 2016. He reached Rio de Janeiro final in February.

Carreno Busta and Muller have split their two previous meetings, but the Spaniard’s win came at Estoril in 2015.

Muller won his first title this season in Sydney in January.