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Fish swims into second straight Pilot Pen final

New Haven, CT (Sports Network) - For the second time in two years, American Mardy Fish will play in the final at the $708,000 Pilot Pen Tennis event, a final U.S. Open tune-up.

The eighth-seeded Fish upset top-seeded Spaniard Fernando Verdasco 6-0, 1-6, 6-3 in Friday's semifinal action on the hardcourts at the Connecticut Tennis Center. Fish was last year's runner-up here to fellow American James Blake on the grounds at Yale University.

Fish will meet the Marin Cilic-Luka Gregorc winner in Saturday's finale.

The 26-year-old Fish will appear in his 11th career final. He's 2-8 in his previous finals, including a loss against Serbian star Novak Djokovic at Indian Wells earlier this season.

The Minnesota native Fish's last title came in Houston in 2006.

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