Montpellier - Gael Monfils will face Vasek Pospisil in his first final of the year after the Frenchman beat Serbian Filip Krajinovic 7-6 (7/4), 6-2 in Montpellier on Saturday.
World No 9 Monfils will take on Canadian Pospisil, who is ranked 132 in the world and upset second seed and world No 10 David Goffin 6-3, 1-6, 7-5.
Monfils, 33, has won the Montpellier tournament twice, in 2010 and 2014.