May 6, 2000 BOL, CROATIA -
Third seed Amelie Mauresmo and Tina Pisnik posted straight-sets victories today to set up a meeting in the final of the $170,000 Croatian Bol Ladies Open.

Mauresmo, the lone seeded player in the semifinals, ousted Gala Leon Garcia of Spain, 6-4, 7-5. Pisnik, a 19-year-old from Slovenia, dropped another Spaniard, Maria Antonia Sanchez-Lorenzo, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4.

Mauresmo, a 20-year-old Frenchwoman, beat defending champion and fifth seed Corina Morariu of the United States en route to her second final of the year. She defeated American Lindsay Davenport at the Sydney International in Australia in January for her second career WTA Tour title. Mauresmo won at Bratislava, Slovakia and was runner-up at the Australian Open in 1999.