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Ljubicic vs. Tsonga in Moselle final
Published in The Saudi Gazette on 25 - 09 - 2011

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.


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