Munich, Germany - Former champion Nikolay Davydenko and fifth-seeded Florian Mayer secured berths in Sunday's final at the $580,000 BMW Open.
A seventh-seeded Davydenko, who won this tournament in 2004, advanced when Saturday's semifinal opponent Czech Radek Stepanek retired in the second set with a left leg injury. The Russian was leading 6-3, 4-0.
Davydenko will appear in his second ATP singles final this season. He was a runner-up to Roger Federer in Doha. That loss dropped his career record in championship matches to 20-6.
Mayer, meanwhile, defeated Philipp Petzschner 6-3, 6-4 in an all-German semifinal. Mayer, who is 0-3 in his previous career ATP finals, is bidding to become the first German to win the Munich title since Philipp Kohlschreiber in 2007.
Davydenko and Mayer have split four lifetime meetings.
The 2011 Munich champion will collect $100,225.
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