Gonzalez sprints into Australian Open final against Federer
The 10th seeded Gonzalez continued his blistering form from the earlier rounds to win 6-1, 6-3, 6-1 in just 1hr 31 min in another lopsided semifinal following Federer's dazzling win over Andy Roddick Thursday.
It is 26-year-old Gonzalez's first Grand Slam final and follows his emphatic victories here over 2005 finalist Lleyton Hewitt, in-form American fifth seed James Blake and world number two Rafael Nadal.
Yet again the red-hot Chilean's formidable serve and forehand lifted him to victory against the 12th seeded German.
So perfect was Gonzalez's performance that his winning match point fittingly coincided with the start of the nearby Australia Day holiday fireworks display.
"I'm enjoying my tennis. I've been playing the last four months at a very high level," Gonzalez said. "I am very calm at the important moments."
He only committed three unforced errors in the match and struck 42 outright winners, 18 off his favorite forehand. He dominated the points 82-45.
"And one of them (errors) was really stupid," he said. "It's not too tough for me because I've been playing many years with 42 unforced errors and three winners, so now I'm trying to work the points. "I can volley better, I can play five sets if I want, I'm really happy with this."
Of his upcoming final with Federer on Sunday, Gonzalez said: "Roger is the number one by far but on Sunday we only have to play one match, there's only one match left in this tournament. "I've lost many times to him (9-0) but I am playing much better than the last time I played him. In tennis you always have a new opportunity and I have a really nice opportunity now."
Gonzalez is only the third South American to reach the Australian Open final in the Open Era (post-1969) after Marcelo Rios in 1998 and Guillermo Vilas in 1977-79.
It was further heartbreak for 28-year-old Haas, who was playing in his third losing Australian semifinal after going down to Yevgeny Kaflenikov in 1999 and Marat Safin three years later.
Haas failed to get one break point in Gonzalez's 11 service games.
"Just really pretty much everything he touched tonight seemed to go his way," Haas said. "I felt at times that I didn't even play bad. I played actually pretty good tennis. "Every time I tried to do something differently, he came up with the answer."
Gonzalez, like he did in his third round win over Hewitt, played almost perfect tennis with his first error not coming until the first game of the second set.
The Chilean, rejuvenated under American coach Larry Stefanki, broke the German's serve seven times and was in complete control with his dominant forehand.
He broke Haas three times to romp through the opening set in 28 minutes and then broke again in the second game of the second set to serve it out for a two sets lead.
Gonzalez again broke Haas in the first and fifth games of the final set to take a throttle hold on the match.
Nothing went right for Haas who served four double-faults, with Gonzalez thundering down nine aces and serving at 63 percent in his second career win over the German.