Sweden's Mikael Lundberg fired a closing 68 at Le Meridien Moscow Country Club on Sunday to win the Russian Open for the second time in four years.

Already a winner in 2005, Lundberg, on 21 under, won by two-shots over Spain's Jose Manuel Lara with England's Benn Barham birdieing the last to finish third on 18 under.

Jamie Moul, one off the lead overnight, could only manage a closing 73 to fall back into a tie for sixth.

"This is my favourite place, everything is great here," said Lundberg, who lost his card in 2006 but returned to the tour via the Challenge Tour last year.

"The worst part is you come here and it feels like I always play well and I should do well, so you put a lot of pressure on yourself and you wonder when you are going to screw up."

Lara had moved into the lead with his eighth birdie of the day on the 14th, but promptly bogeyed the next after failing to make the most of a stroke of luck when his ball hit a spectator to prevent it running into the trees.

The 31-year-old then drew level with a birdie on the 17th and set the clubhouse target on 19 under with a round of 64, and it looked like Lundberg would also fall victim to the 15th.

After pulling his drive into the trees, Lundberg hit a tree with his recovery attempt and had to hack out down the fairway with his third shot, but then pitched to seven feet and holed for a vital par.

He then holed from 25ft for birdie on the 16th and from five feet for another birdie on the next to have the luxury of playing the last with a two-shot lead.

Lundberg had missed the cut in his previous two events and failed to register a single top-ten finish in 2008, but took home the first prize of 210,237 euros and a two-year tour exemption.

AFP