
Alexander Zverev made it fourth time lucky as he beat Casper Ruud in four sets to reach the French Open final.
Zverev, a losing semi-finalist in the previous three years at Roland Garros, triumphed 2-6 6-2 6-4 6-2. Ruud, the seventh seed from Norway, took the first set very handily, but his level dropped off alarmingly in the second.