Arthur Fils defeats Flavio Cobolli in straight sets to reach Cincinnati final

[p]In his first ever Masters 1000 final, 22-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/arthur-fils/IoIhUqIN/"]Fils[/a] will play the winner of the all-American semi-final clash between [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/nakashima-brandon/ETGnbrpH/"]Brandon Nakashima[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tiafoe-frances/AHDLJaph/"]Frances Tiafoe[/a].[/p][p]Fils beat the Roland Garros finalist from Italy for the third time in their career series to become the youngest French Masters finalist since a 20-year-old [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/gasquet-richard/GxY5TctR/"]Richard Gasquet[/a] in Toronto two decades ago.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/cobolli-flavio/zDtaCcPe/"]Cobolli[/a] struck first as he broke Fils for a 2-1 lead on a double-faults but immediately lost his own service game to love as the Frenchman levelled, 2-all.[/p][p]The Italian went down for a second time, with his opponent catching the corner to take a 5-3 lead and serve out the next game with a concluding winner after 25 minutes.[/p][p]Fils broke to start the second set as his intensity increased and he closed out the win with a stinging forehand winner to the corner past Cobolli.[/p][embed guid="44ceccc3-f715-4cf4-afc7-7ffd53488a33" url="https://x.com/TennisTV/status/2091246396066140349" social-type="twitter" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/tennis/arthur-f-IoIhUqIN/cobolli-f-zDtaCcPe/?mid=zaHreHqR"]Check out the match summary here[/a].[/b][/p]