WASHINGTON, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Tommy Haas's hope for a third ATP title of 2006 was smashed Saturday as a wrist injury forced him out of his semi-final match against Mardy Fish at the Houston tennis international championships.

    Fish was leading 4-1 when the fifth-seeded German retired, sending Fish into the final of the 380,000 US dollars tournament.

    Haas has won titles this year in Delray Beach, Florida, and Memphis.

    Fish, himself returning from a wrist injury that forced him to miss much of last year and the early portion of this season, was in his first ATP semi-final since June 2004 in Halle, Germany, though he did win the silver medal at the Athens Olympics.

    In the final, Fish will meet Austrian Jurgen Melzer who beat seventh-seeded American Paul Goldstein 6-3, 6-4.

    Melzer, who has been 1-8 for the year before this week, last reached a semi-final here last year, falling to Roddick in straight sets. Enditem