MARSEILLE, France (AP):

ANDY MURRAY of Britain will play Mario Ancic of Croatia in the Open 13 final today.

The fourth-seeded Murray cruised past No. 8 Paul-Henri Mathieu of France 6-2, 6-2, while Ancic beat No. 6 Marcos Baghdatis of Cyprus 6-4, 6-2 in yesterday's semi-finals.

The 135th-ranked Ancic, who was a top 10 player before illness and a shoulder injury marred his 2007 season, broke Baghdatis once in the first set and twice in the second.

"I played an unbelievable match today against Marcos," Ancic said. "I've come a long way. It's nice to be here.

overcoming struggles

Ancic landed just 44 per cent of his first serves in the second set but Baghdatis wasted his three break points.

"I struggled a bit with my serve in the second set, but I played very well from behind," Ancic said.

Earlier, Murray won half of the points played on Mathieu's serve and every point on his own first serve to improve to 2-0 against the Frenchman.

"My return was unbelievable," Murray said. "I hope it can go on tomorrow."

Murray took Mathieu's serve in the opening game and again to lead 4-1 in the first set. The Briton also broke twice in the second set and converted his second match point on a netted backhand to close it out in 63 minutes.

"He played well. It was a non-match from me," said Mathieu, who had no break points.