BUCHAREST, Romania, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Italian Filippo Volandri and Austrian Jurgen Melzer win their semifinal matches Saturday and will meet Sunday in the final of the BCR Open in Romania.
The fifth-seeded Volandri reached his seventh career final by beating second-seed and defending champion Florent Serra of France, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4.
Melzer won the first set, 6-4, against eighth-seeded Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu, before his opponent retired with an ankle injury.
Volandri has just one title, winning at St. Poelten in 2004. He holds an 8-2 record in Bucharest, having reached the semifinals in 2004 and the second round last year before losing to Serra.
Melzer, who has yet to claim an ATP title, will be playing in his fourth career final. He lost to American Mardy Fish in the final of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston in April.
