Moya advances to final in Brazil Open

Top seed Carlos Moya advanced to his first championship match of the season and the 43rd of his career on Saturday as he defeated unseeded Nicolas Lapentti of Ecuador, 6-2 3-6 7-6 (7/5) in the Brasil Open semi-finals.

The 31-year-old Spaniard, who has now gone three sets in each of his four matches here, picked up just his second win over Lapentti in five meetings.