Summary Anderson, ranked 17 in the world, will face either top seed Andy Murray or Serbia's Viktor Troicki.
LONDON (Reuters) - Kevin Anderson produced a devastating display of serving power to reach the final of the Aegon Championships with a 6-3 6-7(6) 6-3 defeat of gallant Frenchman Gilles Simon at Queen s Club on Saturday.
Seventh seed Simon watched 34 aces fly past him on the slick Centre Court grass but hung on to stretch the towering South African into a decider before succumbing.
Anderson, ranked 17 in the world, will face either top seed Andy Murray or Serbia s Viktor Troicki in Sunday s final which will be his first on grass.
World number three Murray, bidding for a fourth Queen s Club title, and Troicki were locked at 3-3 in the first set when heavy rain wiped out the rest of the day s play, meaning they will resume at 1000GMT (6:00 a.m. ET) on Sunday.
Troicki slipped and fell and appeared to injure his shoulder during the final point before the rain arrived but was ready to resume when play was suspended.
The 29-year-old Anderson has dropped serve only once on the way to the final, against former champion Lleyton Hewitt in round one when he was a point away from defeat.
Since then he has gathered momentum and has looked impregnable on serve, bashing down 96 aces.
"I think at this point it s more just about the rhythm and the way it feels," the unseeded Anderson told reporters.
"I really feel it s been clicking the last few matches."
It was in the groove against the agile Simon who did not sniff a single break point.
Anderson is not just a monstrous server though.
He struck plenty of precision groundstrokes and a couple of rasping forehands allowed him to break decisively in the eighth game of the opener.
Simon stuck to his task manfully to reach a tiebreak in the second set but Anderson looked on the cusp of victory leading 5-4 with a mini-break and two service points to come.
But Simon turned it round, saving one match point when Anderson skewed a backhand wide, before levelling the match.
The decider went with serve until 4-3 when Anderson, whose baseline game was solid throughout, snatched the Frenchman s serve and he then duly sealed victory, predictably with an ace.
