Murray sets up Young final

World number four Andy Murray survived a scare to reach the final of the Thailand Open in Bangkok.

The top seed looked to be comfortably on course after winning the first set 6-2 against Gilles Simon but the Frenchman fought back to win the second set 6-3.

However the Scot broke early in the third set, and went on to win the decider 6-2 in a match which lasted one hour and 53 minutes.

Murray will face world number 55 Donald Young, who earlier beat second seed Gael Monfils 4-6 7-6 (7/5) 7-6 (7/5), in the final on Sunday.

"I'm excited, I'm stoked, all the words that mean you're happy to be in my first final," Young said after beating the Frenchman to reach his first ATP World Tour final.

"I've seen a lot of my peers make finals and I'm happy to be in my first one. It's great to beat a top-10 player of the calibre of Gael."

The 22-year-old trailed 1-4 in the third set, but fought back to force a tie-break and earned match point with a successful Hawk-Eye challenge in two hours and 46 minutes.

"Lately in the big matches I've won I've been down and I've had to come back. I'm just trying to fight and not give up and it pays dividends at the end of matches," the American told atpworldtour.com.