CHENNAI, India, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Top-seeded Rafael Nadal battled through three straight tiebreakers to beat countryman Carlos Moya Saturday in Chennai Open semifinals in India.
The 21-year-old Spaniard won 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (10-8), 7-6 (7-1) in a match that lasted nearly four hours.
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Nadal came from behind to take the second-set tiebreaker and also overcame a deficit in the third set.
The three-time French Open winner will meet Russian Mikhail Youzhny, 25, for the tournament championship. Youzhny defeated Croatian teenager Marin Cilic 6-2, 6-3 in the other semifinal match.
