Ferrero victorious in all-Spanish final

Ferrero celebrates winning a hard fought final

Juan Carlos Ferrero battled back from 3-1 down in the fifth and final set against Carlos Moya to win the Barcelona Open.

The Spaniard claimed his third ATP Tour title with a 4-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 7-5 victory over his fellow countryman in a match which lasted over four hours.

Moya's will eventually withered when he doubled-faulted serving at 5-6 to give Ferrero his third match point.

I said before the game it would be close but I don't remember a final being quite that close, with so many twists in the final set

  Juan Carlos Ferrero

He then smashed an overhead into the net - much to the jubilation of Ferrero.

"You don't want to know what went through my head at that moment," said a despondent Moya.

"To play for that length of time and then to miss out with a double fault and a smash into the net.

"It's disappointing but it was a great game and either one of us could have won."

"I said before the game it would be close but I don't remember a final being quite that close, with so many twists in the final set," agreed Ferrero.

Moya had begun the match confidently, pinning Ferrero to the back of the slippery clay court.

The 1998 French Open champion broke his opponent in the third game, conceding only six points on his serve in the entire first set.

Moya missed two crucial break points in the fifth set

And he soon broke the 21-year-old at the start of the second set.

But Ferrero, last year's runner-up in the competition, fought back to win the set and soon took control of the third.

However, Moya responded by breaking Ferrero's serve in the fourth set and held on to force the match into an all-deciding final set.

Moya had the better of the exchanges in the fifth, but was made to pay when he missed two break points in game five which would have given him a commanding 4-1 lead.

And he was soon made to pay as Ferrero rallied to take the nerve-wracking final set 7-5.