LONDON: Andy Murray of Britain overwhelmed Andy Roddick 6-3, 6-1 to reach the final of the Aegon championships at Queen's Club Saturday. The second seeded Scot, who won the title in 2009, produced a fine all-round display against an error-prone opponent to win their semifinal in just 59 minutes. He will face fifth seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in Sunday's final. The Frenchman ended unseeded Briton James Ward's run with a 6-3, 7-6 (7) victory in Saturday's other semifinal. Murray served 13 aces and ensured Roddick, the third-seeded American, failed in his attempt to become the first player to win five titles at the pre-Wimbledon tournament. “It was just one of those days,” Murray said. “I hardly missed a ball and that doesn't happen too often on tour. Everything that touched my racquet was going in and it felt great out there.” Murray broke for a 2-0 lead when Roddick netted a backhand slice, and that was enough to decide the outcome of the opening set. Roddick was then broken at the start of the second set when he netted a forehand volley, and another error at net gave Murray a further break and a commanding 4-1 lead. Murray closed out the match with a fourth break when Roddick netted a weak backhand. Tsonga, who has won two challenger titles on grass but will be playing his first ATP grass court final, broke to lead 2-0 against No. 216 Ward and then held off two break points at 3-1 to take the opening set. Ward, who took out fourth seed Stanislas Wawrinka and defending champion Sam Querrey on his way to the semifinals, continued to challenge in the second set, breaking to lead 2-0. But Tsonga broke back on his fourth break point at 4-2 down and took the tiebreaker on his second match point. Wozniacki-Safarova final In Copenhagen, top-ranked Caroline Wozniacki beat German qualifier Mona Barthel 6-1, 6-2 Saturday to reach the final of the Sony Ericsson Open, where she will face fourth seeded Lucie Safarova of the Czech Republic. The 20-year-old Dane saw off the 142nd-ranked Barthel in one hour, two minutes on the indoor hard court at Farum Arena. The No. 1 will be seeking to win her fifth WTA title of the year in Sunday's final. Earlier Saturday, Safarova rallied from a set down to beat Petra Martic of Croatia 1-6, 6-0, 6-2. Hantuchova beats Ivanovic In Birmingham, Daniela Hantuchova took advantage of a wasteful performance by Ana Ivanovic to win 6-7 (7), 6-3, 6-2 Saturday and reach the Aegon Classic final. Ivanovic failed to convert 18 break points and let slip a 5-1 lead in the first set before finally taking in on the tiebreaker. The former-top ranked Serb had two break points in the fifth game of the second set and five more in the seventh before falling away. The fourth-seeded Hantuchova handled the important points better, as well as two rain delays, as she reached her 12th WTA Tour final. Hantuchova will face Sabine Lisicki of Germany in Sunday's final, which has been brought forward by three hours to 0900 GMT because of expected rain. Lisicki beat third-seeded Peng Shuai 6-3, 6-1 in the second semifinal. Petzschner stuns Berdych In Halle, Philipp Petzschner stunned last year's Wimbledon runner-up Tomas Berdych with a thrilling 7-6, 2-6, 6-3 semifinal win at Halle Saturday to set up an all-German final against Philipp Kohlschreiber. Petzschner, ranked 71st and Wimbledon men's doubles champion last year, outsmarted the world No. 7 and second seed with a mix of powerful serves, sliced crosscourt backhands and drop shots that threw the Czech off balance. Kohlschreiber eased past world No. 8 Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-3 for another upset to set up the grass court tournament's first all-German final for 19 years.
