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STEVE Johnson and Stefano Travaglia will battle out the final of the Bendigo ATP Challenger on Saturday.
Both had comfortable straight-sets wins in their semi-finals on Friday.
No.3 seed Travaglia took just under an hour-and-a-half to defeat American Marcos Giron 6-3, 6-3, keeping intact his record of not having dropped a set this week.
The Italian, who is ranked No.75 in the world, fired down six aces in his semi-final victory.
Meanwhile, American No.4 seed Johnson was in superb touch as he took just 52 minutes to dispose of Italian Andrea Vavassori.
The 30-year-old, who is ranked No.81 in the world, conceded just four games in winning 6-3, 6-1.
Saturday's finals day at the Fosterville Gold Tennis Centre begins at 11am with the doubles decider featuring No.2 seeds Marcelo Arevalo and Jonny O'Mara taking on Nikola Cacic and Denys Molchanov.
That will be followed by the singles tussle between Travaglia and Johnson.
PATH TO THE FINAL:
STEFANO TRAVAGLIA (3):
2nd round - def Dayne Kelly 6-4, 6-4
3rd round - def Konstantin Kravchuk 7-6, 6-3
Quarter-final - def Christopher O'Connell 6-4, 6-2
Semi-final - def Marcos Giron 6-3, 6-3
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STEVE JOHNSON (4):
2nd round - def Markos Kalovelonis 6-3, 6-7, 6-3
3rd round - def Calum Puttergill 7-6, 6-0
Quarter-final - def Harold Mayot 6-3, 7-6
Semi-final - def Andrea Vavassori 6-3, 6-1
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