Defending champion Ivan Ljubicic of Croatia will play Fernando Gonzalez of Chile in the final of the BA-CA Tennis Trophy on Sunday.

Ljubicic cruised past Dominik Hrbaty 6-1, 6-4, and Gonzalez upset third-seeded Andy Roddick 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (5) in Saturday's semifinals.

It will be Gonzalez' first final this season, while Ljubicic has won two of four.

Roddick struggled to find his rhythm, while Gonzalez dominated the first set from the baseline and served six aces. The American lost his serve once, but saved four more break points.

In the second set, Roddick raised his first-serve percentage from 59 to 80 and broke Gonzalez at 3-2.

Neither player lost serve in the third set and Gonzalez won on his third match point in the tiebreaker.

``I am not surprised that I beat Andy, because I played well all week,'' said Gonzalez, who had lost six of his previous eight matches against Roddick. ``The match was very much in balance, we each had just one break of serve. I returned very well, which was the key factor.''

Ljubicic broke Hrbaty three times in the first set and gave up only three points on his own serve.

The second set continued on serve until Hrbaty double-faulted twice while trailing 5-4 and Ljubicic converted his second match point.

``It feels great to beat good players like Dominik so easily,'' Ljubicic said. ``I am now playing even better than last year in Vienna. I am anxious to defend my title, but the final will be very tough. Fernando is in top form, having beaten (David) Nalbandian and Roddick.''