Tennis results: Andy Murray reaches his first ATP Tour final since 2017 at the European Open

The three-time Grand Slam champion came from a set down to defeat France's Ugo Humbert 3-6 7-5 6-2 and he will now face a blockbuster clash with Stan Wawrinka on Sunday.

Murray, who last reached an ATP Tour final since winning the Dubai Tennis Championships in March 2017, is now chasing a 46th career title that didn't seem possible earlier this year when undergoing career saving hip surgery back in January.

The 32-year-old only returned to singles action as recently as August and had only won six matches prior to this week in Antwerp.

Nevertheless he called on all his reserves against an opponent 11 years his junior in a clash which lasted just over two-and-a-half hours.

This was his first semi-final since the 2017 French Open, when he lost to Wawrinka, and afterwards told Amazon Prime: "It's been a long road to get back to this point. I certainly didn't expect it to come so soon since I started playing again.

"It's been a big surprise to me and I'm happy to be through to the final."

The Scot added: "Stan's a brilliant player. We've played against each other in some big matches in the past in big tournaments. He's had his injury troubles as well the last couple of years and done great to get back to the top of the game.

"It was actually my match with him at the French Open in 2017 when my hip problems really started.

"It was a tough five-set match in the semis and my hip never really recovered from that, so it's cool to be back playing against him in a final."

Murray spurned two break points at 2-2 in the first set and was made to pay when he was broken in his next service game to trail 4-2 before Humbert served out to clinch the first set 6-3 after 41 minutes.

Murray broke Humbert to lead 3-1 in the second and was pegged back to 3-3 and 5-5, when the two-time Wimbledon winner began to flex his elbow, which was feeling the effects of a hectic schedule.

The Scot edged 6-5 in front and in the decisive game he pounced when Humbert faltered.

Two wayward forehands helped hand Murray three break points and he converted the third as the Frenchman double-faulted to take the set 7-5 and level the match.

Murray dug deep to take the opening game of the deciding set after saving three break points, and went on to make it five games in a row as he opened up a 3-0 lead in the decider.

He dictated more of the rallies as Humbert lost his way and moved 4-1 and 5-2 ahead before taking the contest on the first of two match points.

Wawrinka, 34, is also rolling back the years as he attempts to end a trophy drought dating back to when he won his 16th at the Geneva Open in May 2017 but this will be his second final of 2019 having also reached the crescendo of the Rotterdam Open against Gael Monfils back in February.

At the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, French seventh seed Adrian Mannarino beat Italy's Andreas Seppi in straight sets to reach Sunday's final.

Mannarino won his last-four clash 6-3 6-4 and will now play Russian sixth seed Andrey Rublev, who upset third-seeded Croatian Marin Cilic 7-5 6-4.

Denis Shapovalov will play Filip Krajinovic in Sunday's Stockholm Open final after beating Japanese lucky loser Yuichi Sugita 7-5 6-2.

Serbia's Krajinovic, 60th in the ATP rankings, upset Spanish fifth seed Pablo Carreno Busta, hitting back after losing the opening set to win 4-6 6-3 6-3 in two hours and nine minutes.