MUNICH: Top-seeded Andy Murray won twice on Saturday at the rain-hit Munich Open to reach his third ATP final of the year after the Australian Open and the Miami Masters.

The Scot firstly bounced back from a set down to defeat Lukas Rosol 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a bad-tempered quarterfinal.

He then saw off tough Spanish third seed Roberto Bautista Agut 6-4, 6-4 in his semifinal tie.

In the final he will play the winner of the other semifinal opposing Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany and Gerald Melzer of Austria.

Playing in his first tournament since his marriage to long-time girlfriend Kim Sears, Murray led 4-1 in the first set before the Czech Republic’s Rosol turned in a furious rally to take the next five games.

The two players then bumped into each other at the changeover, which brought complaints from the Scot and an intervention by the ATP supervisor Gerry Armstrong.

Murray later told Rosol: “No-one likes you on the tour, everyone hates you.”

The world No.3, however, quickly shrugged off the altercation to claim 12 of the next 15 games for the win in exactly two hours.

Bautista Agut also lost the first set of his quarterfinal before winning 12 games in a row to defeat Víctor Estrella Burgos of the Dominican Republic 4-6, 6-0, 6-0.

But he was no match for Murray in the last four as the former Wimbledon and US Open champion hit form in what is his first claycourt tournament of the year.

Melzer made it through with a 7-6 (7/5), 3-6, 6-3 win over young countryman Dominic Thiem, while Kohlschreiber outlasted Belgium’s David Goffin 2-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Torrential rain had washed out all four quarterfinals on Friday, leaving both the quarterfinals and semis to be played on Saturday.

Federer survives

In Istanbul, top seed Roger Federer on Saturday survived a stern test from world number 63 Diego Schwartzman of Argentina to advance into the final of the Istanbul Open after a tense three set encounter.

Federer, 33, looking to win his 85th career title ahead of the French Open, looked rattled all afternoon as he failed to find rhythm on his first serve and even received a rare code violation.

Losing the first set, he eventually prevailed 2-6, 6-2, 7-5, after almost two hours on court.

Showing no sign of nerves in front of his illustrious opponent, Schwartzman, 22, came out fighting in the first set with his double-handed backhand particularly potent.

In a sign of the pressure, the usually mild-mannered Federer received a code violation warning from umpire Mohamed Lahyani for whacking the ball away in anger when he failed to convert a break point.

Mixing his game beautifully, Schwartzman more than rivaled Federer’s play with cute drop shots and stunning whipped topspin winners.

After breaking the frail Federer serve twice, he took the first set with ease when the out-of-sorts Swiss world No.2 tamely netted a return into the net.

Schwartzman came out in the second set with similar aggression but after squandering one break point in the fourth game Federer took his second chance in what proved a turning point.

Turning on the power and with Schwartzman starting to make unforced errors after his glorious first set, Federer raced ahead and took the second set with a service break to love.

With a tough struggle shaping up in the third set, Federer saved two break points in the fifth game, yelling “come on!” and saving his serve with an ace.

But Schwartzman stepped up a gear once more, matching Federer shot for shot in a thrilling finale.

Serving to stay in the match at 4-5, Schwartzman saved one match point with another stunning backhand winner.

But Federer then made no mistake as he attacked the Schwartzman serve at 5-6, taking his first break point chance to close out the game.

In Sunday’s final, Federer will face the winner of the other semifinal between second seed Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria and Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay.