Gonzalez finds his match in Hewitt

Gonzalez had already beaten fourth seed Tim Henman, Richard Krajicek and Andy Roddick en route to the semis and for most of the first two sets his potent mix of thunderous stroke play and exquisite touch looked to be too good even for Hewitt. But two break in the second and third set gave him a hard-fought victory.

Moya marched into the final with a 6-3, 6-4 semi-final win over fellow Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero.

Moya is the first Spanish man in the final of the event since Manuel Orantes in 1973, although no Spaniard has ever won. The final will be Moya’s first hard court Masters Series final since March 1999 when he was runner-up to Mark Philippoussis in Indian Wells, a performance which propelled him to number one in the world.

Manhattan Beach: Defending champion Lindsay Davenport cruised past unseeded Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-3, 6-4 to reach the final of the Los Angeles Open. Her opponent will be fellow American Chanda Rubin, who rolled over fourth seed Jelena Dokic of Yugoslavia 6-0, 6-2 in just 41 minutes.