Home favourite Alexander Zverev missed out on his first Hamburg Open final as defending champion Nikoloz Basilashvili fought back from facing two match points to edge an epic semi-final.

Georgian fourth seed Basilashvili recovered to win 6-4 4-6 7-6 (7-5) in three hours and seven minutes.

Basilashvili, 27, will face either Russian Andrey Rublev or Spain’s Pablo Carreno Busta in Sunday’s final.

Hamburg-born Zverev led 5-3 in the decider but could not take his chances.

The world number five, whose split with coach Ivan Lendl was announced by the eight-time Grand Slam winner before Friday’s quarter-final win against Serbia’s Filip Krajinovic, was aiming to reach his third final in 2019.

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