Spain's Albert Montanes outlasted Juan Monaco of Argentina for a hard-fought two-set victory Sunday in the title match of the Romania Open in Bucharest. Tiebreakers decided both sets. Montanes, who was seeded No. 5, won 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (8-6). Monaco was seeded No.

Argentina's Juan Monaco will face Spain's Albert Montanes in Sunday's final at the Romania Open tennis tournament at Bucharest. In Saturday's semis, the third-seeded Monaco topped Germany's Simon Greul 6-4, 6-3, while the fifth-seeded Montanes rallied to beat countryman Santiago Ventura 4-6, 6-4, 6-1

Fifth-seeded Albert Montanes dropped just two games Friday en route to a semifinals berth at the clay-court Romania Open tennis tournament. Montanes pasted Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-1 in 57 minutes in the tournament quarterfinals.

Albert Montanes of Spain beat a tired James Blake in three sets Sunday to capture the men's Estoril Open tennis title in Estoril, Portugal. The scores of the nearly 2 1/2 hour match were 5-7, 7-6 (7-6), 6-0. Montanes, the seventh seed, saved two match points at 4-5 in the second set and blitzed the

Albert Montanes won a third-set tiebreaker Friday and eliminated top-seeded Gilles Simon from the $595,000 clay-court Estoril Open in Portugal. Montanes, seeded seventh, and Simon each broke the other's serve six times in the three-hour match but Montanes advanced with a 5-7, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) triumph.