Moya Outlasts Ferrero at ATP Buenos Aires

Former No. 1 Carlos Moya, if he can physically recover, is the overwhelming favorite in the Sunday claycourt final at Buenos Aires after Saturday outlasting countryman and fellow French Open winner Juan Carlos Ferrero 3-6, 7-6(3), 6-4.

Ferrero visibly tired in the third set, giving up on chasing down some of Moya's monstrous forehand drives, and unable to keep it to the weaker Moya backhand.

"It was uphill in the second set. Ferrero was solid and there was no way past him." Moya said. "But I was able to loosen up a bit and play closer to the lines and then my service improved a lot."

In the final Moya will face No. 6 seed Filippo Volandri who defeated unseeded Argentine Agustin Calleri 6-3, 6-4.

Moya has beaten Volandri in four of their five career meetings.

The doubles final will be (1) Cermak/Friedl vs Mazarakis/Pashanski.