In an all German clash at Halle, veteran Tommy Haas, who got a wild card in the tournament, managed to beat defending champion Philipp Kohlschreiber with 7-6(5), 7-5 scoreline in the semi-final of the 2012 Gerry Weber Open.

Match Cast: Haas vs Kohlschreiber.

Both players held their serves pretty comfortably in the first set and no breaks of serve were exchanged in it. The set went to a tie breaker where Haas closed it with 7-5 scoreline in his favour.

In the second set as well, none of the players was able to earn any break and it looked to heading towards another tie breaker. But, Kohlschreiber got himself broken at 6-5 in the second set to gift first break of the match to Haas, who successfully served out for the match in the next game.

Haas will next face second seeded Roger Federer, who humbled Russian Mikhail Youzhny 6-1, 6-4 in other semi-final of the day.