Benneteau, Garcia-Lopez land in Kitzbuhel final

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05/22/2009 - Kitzbuhel, Austria (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - French lucky-loser Julien Benneteau and Spain's Guillermo Garcia-Lopez were Friday's semifinal winners at the clay-court Austrian Open.

Garcia-Lopez ousted the last remaining seed here, No. 7 Russian Mikhail Youzhny, 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), while Benneteau handled Spain's Oscar Hernandez 6-3, 6-4 at this final French Open tune-up. Garcia-Lopez needed 2 hours, 23 minutes to upend Youzhny.

The 74th-ranked Garcia-Lopez will play in his first-ever ATP World Tour final on Saturday.

The 27-year-old Benneteau, ranked 45th in the world, is 0-2 in his previous ATP finals, which came in Casablanca and Lyon last season.

Benneteau is 1-0 lifetime against the 25-year-old Garcia-Lopez, with the victory coming at the 2006 Australian Open.

Saturday's winner will collect $100,000.

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