Garcia-Lopez, Benneteau reach Austrian Open final

Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain and Julien Benneteau of France will play in the Austrian Open final on Saturday.

In Friday's semifinals, Garcia-Lopez beat seventh-seeded Mikhail Youzhny of Russia 6-3, 1-6, 7-6 (5), and Benneteau defeated Oscar Hernandez of Spain 6-3, 6-4.

It will be the first ATP Tour final for Garcia-Lopez. Benneteau has lost both of his previous finals _ in Casablanca, Morocco, and Lyon, France, in 2008.

Benneteau is 1-0 against Garcia-Lopez after beating the Spaniard at the 2006 Australian Open in Melbourne.

"I am very, very happy now," Garcia-Lopez said. "My first final, that's incredible. I can't …