Ferrer advances, Moya ousted at Swedish Open

Bastad, Sweden (Sports Network) - Second-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer and fellow countryman Nicolas Almagro advanced to the Swedish Open final with semifinal wins on Saturday.
Ferrer needed just over an hour to cruise past fifth-seeded Italian Filippo Volandri, 6-2, 6-1, while Almagro defeated fourth-seeded countryman Carlos Moya, 6-3, 1-6, 6-2, on the clay court.
After splitting the first two sets, Almagro broke Moya in the second game of the third set and jumped out to a 4-1 lead. Moya, the 2002 champion at this event, missed out on a break point in the seventh game that would have drawn him within 4-3, but Almagro held and broke Moya for the win.
Both players have won a title this year. Ferrer, though, owns three career titles compared to just two for Almagro.
Sunday will mark the third meeting between these two players. Ferrer, the 15th-ranked player in the world, won both, which came on hard courts.

Almagro is the 37th ranked player in the world.