Canas through to Barcelona final
Canas has risen up the rankings after an impressive season so far The 12th seed did have chances to claim victory in the second set but double-faulted on his second match point when serving.And although Calleri recovered from 3-0 down to 3-2 in the decider, Canas then reeled off three games in a row.He will now meet either top seed Rafael Nadal or David Ferrer in the final.Nadal is aiming to become only the second man, after Swede Mats Wilander, to win the Barcelona Open three
years running.The world number two is also on a run of 70 consecutive wins on clay.Canas, who returned to action last September after testing positive for a banned diuretic, has risen from 142 in the rankings to 28 since the start of the year after winning the Brasil Open and making the Miami Masters final.He went up a break in the opening set against Calleri but after losing his serve in the ninth, he easily won the tie-break 7-1.And after recovering from a bout of nerves at the end of the second set, he managed to regroup in the decider to prevail in just under three hours.