Soderling moves into Brisbane International final

BRISBANE: Sweden's Robin Soderling gave a serving masterclass on his way to a 6-3, 7-5 win over a typically feisty Radek Stepanek in the semi-finals of the Brisbane International on Saturday.

The top-seeded Soderling broke Stepanek early in both sets and was untroubled on his own serve until inexplicably stumbling while serving for the match at 5-4 in the second.

Stepanek seized on his only break point opportunity in the match to level the set at 5-5, only to drop his own serve immediately and hand the initiative back to Soderling.

This time the 26-year-old world number five made no mistake as he comfortably held to wrap up an entertaining match in one hour, 22 minutes and move into a final against either Andy Roddick or South Africa's Kevin Anderson.