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Philipp Kohlschreiber reached yet another BMW Open final on Saturday, but there will be no all-German showdown in Munich after Dominic Thiem fought back to beat Alexander Zverev.
Kohlschreiber is a two-time winner of the clay-court tournament in Bavaria and was beaten by world number two Andy Murray in the final last year.
The fourth seed is just one victory away from claiming a hat-trick of BMW Open titles after seeing off Fabio Fognini 6-1 6-4
Kohlschreiber had won three of his fourth matches against Fognini before taking to the red stuff to face the Italian on home clay and soon set about improving that record.
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The world number 27 was 5-0 up in the blink of an eye and needed less than half an hour to wrap up the first set.
Kohlschreiber saved all three break points and a solitary break in the second set ensured he will return on Sunday to take on third seed Thiem.
The 15-ranked Thiem felt the force of rising star Zverev in the first set, but recovered to prevail with a 4-6 6-2 6-3 victory to keep the German teenager waiting for his first ATP World Tour final.
Thiem, eyeing a third title of the year, racked up nine double faults but broke five times to ensure he leads the way with 29 tour-level victories this season after being level with Novak Djokovic prior to his semi-final success.