Stanislas Wawrinka upset top seed Tomas Berdych in straight sets to cruise into his second successive final at the $450,000 Chennai Open on Saturday.<br /><br />  <table style="width: 129px; height: 42px" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="129" align="right" border="1">  <tbody>  <tr>  <td><img alt="" src="/imagedata/2011/jan/waw.jpg" border="0" /></td></tr>  <tr>  <td>  <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 8pt">u00a0Stanislas Wawrinka</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>The 21st-ranked Swiss, seeded third, attacked from the start to take out World No 6 Berdych 6-4, 6-1 in 76 minutes at the Nungambakkam Tennis stadium.<br /><br />Wawrinka, who lost to Marin Cilic in last year's final, will meet seventh-seeded Xavier Malisse of Belgium in Sunday's title clash worth $68,850 and 250 points for the winner.<br /><br />Malisse, a Chennai winner in 2007, recovered after losing the first set to knock out the sixth-seeded Janko Tipsarevic of Serbia 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in 97 minutes.<br /><br />Wawrinka, who finished his rain-hit quarter-final against Robin Haase late on Friday night, showed no signs of fatigue as he outplayed his Czech rival before some 2,500 Indian fans.<br /><br />Wawrinka broke Berdych in the fifth game to wrap up the first set in 38 minutes and then breezed through the second, losing just one game.

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Stanislas Wawrinka upset top seed Tomas Berdych in straight sets to cruise into his second successive final at the $450,000 Chennai Open on Saturday

Wawrinka in final after win over Berdych

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