Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic fired 26 aces Saturday to edge Gilles Muller of Luxembourg 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) and reach the final of the Moselle Open. Ljubicic will face Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who beat Alexandr Dolgopolov of Ukraine 6-4, 6-4. “It was always close,” Ljubicic told French television. “I knew I had to be patient. I had no chance on his serve, he didn't have any chance on mine. It was about the tie-breaks and I was a little lucky today.” Andujar-Mayer final In Bucharest, Pablo Andujar of Spain beat top-seeded Juan Ignacio Chela 6-4, 7-5 on Saturday to line up a Nastase Tiriac Trophy final against Germany's Florian Mayer. Andujar's victory over the Argentine followed a 7-6 (3), 6-2 semifinals win for Mayer over Italy's Filippo Volandri. Scheepers ends drought Chanelle Scheepers ended an eight-year drought for South Africa here Saturday as she won her maiden WTA title beating Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 6-2, 6-2. The 27-year-old seventh seed – the first South African to win a WTA trophy since Amanda Coetzee in 2003 – had her easiest match of the week in disposing of the eighth seed. Chang beats Courier Michael Chang beat Jim Courier 8-3 in the finals of the HSBC Tennis Cup on the Champions Series Tour in Washington Friday. Chang beat Pete Sampras 6-4 earlier to advance to the final, and Courier got past Andre Agassi 7-6 (4). The series, which also features Bjorn Borg, Jimmy Connors, John McEnroe and Mats Wilander has a $1 million bonus pool for the top three finishers at the end of the season. Voskoboeva-Martinez final Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan will take on Spain's Maria-Jose Martinez Sanchez in the final of the $220,000 Hansol Open Sunday. Voskoboeva defeated Slovenia's fifth-seeded Polona Hercog 6-1, 6-4. Martinez Sanchez is sixth-seeded and needed just 67 minutes to beat Zakopalova 6-3, 6-2.
