Gael Monfils kept the French flag flying as he marched into the Open Sud de France final.
The top seed and world number nine beat Serbian Filip Krajinovic 7-6 (4) 6-2 to move to within one victory of his third title in Montpellier.
Monfils told the ATP website: "It was a great win today. I was very solid. I think Filip played great in the first set and then I changed my game a little bit to be more aggressive and it worked.
"I was pleased with my performance. So far, a great week. Hopefully tomorrow is going to be the same."
Monfils will face Canada's Vasek Pospisil, who beat Belgian David Goffin 6-3 1-6 7-5.
Jiri Vesely saved match points in the final-set tie-break for the second consecutive match to reach the final of the Tata Open in Pune.
After surviving two match points during his quarter-final victory against Ilya Ivashka on Friday, the unseeded Czech saved another four in beating Ricardas Berankis in a marathon match which finished 6-7 (8) 7-6 (3) 7-6 (7).
Vesely will meet eighth seed Egor Gerasimov of Belarus, who beat James Duckworth 7-6 (2) 6-4 to reach his first ATP Tour final.
In Argentina, home favourite Diego Schwartzman will take on third seed Cristian Garin in Sunday's Cordoba Open final.
Top seed Schwartzman beat Laslo Djere 6-1 1-6 6-2 while Garin prevailed 2-6 6-2 6-2 over Andrej Martin.
