BASEL, Switzerland (Reuters) -Brazilian teenager Joao Fonseca overcame Spain’s Jaume Munar 7-6(4) 7-5 on Saturday to reach his first ATP 500 final at the Swiss Indoors Championships in Basel, setting up a title clash with eighth seed Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.

Playing in his second tour-level semi-final of the year, the 19-year-old Fonseca hammered down eight aces and struck 39 winners during the contest.

“I knew that it was going to be a tough match, Jaume is playing (well) on this surface,” said world number 46 Fonseca. “He’s putting a lot of pressure and you need to defend a lot of the time.

“I don’t like playing against those guys because I like to play aggressive and go for winners.

“I’m happy with how I stayed mentally after an early break in the second set. I’m very happy, so

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