CANBERRA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- American Andy Roddick rallied from the first set down to beat Czech Tomas Berdych 1-6, 6-3 and 6-4 on Saturday for a final match against defending champion Radek Stepanek in the men's singles at the Brisbane International.

    Stepanek, also of the Czech Republic, had earlier cruised into Sunday's final with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Frenchman Gael Monfils.

    "The biggest part of the match for me was the first few games of the second set. I just wanted to make sure I stopped his momentum," said Roddick.

    Berdych had a flying start, winning the opening set in 34 minutes by breaking Roddick's serve twice. But he failed to achieve the feat again for the remainder of the match.

    Roddick took the second with an early break, then broke again late in the third before serving out the match after more than twohours.

    Earlier, Stepanek needed just an hour to book his final berth after Monfils was troubled by a shoulder problem.

    The Frenchman went into the match with his right shoulder strapped and said he was worried about aggravating the injury ahead of the Australian Open to be started on Jan. 18.