Croatian Ivan Ljubicic grabbed the last ticket to the eight-strong Masters Cup on Friday.

Ljubicic qualified for the semi-finals of the Paris Masters by moving past Spaniard Tommy Robredo [ Images ] 7-6, 3-6, 6-1.

His main rival for the last remaining spot in the season finale from November 13 in Shanghai, Argentine Gaston Gaudio, lost any hope when he was beaten 7-5, 6-0 by Czech Tomas Berdych in the Paris quarter-finals.

The other two players who still retained a theoretical chance, Robredo and fellow Spaniard David Ferrer, dropped out of the race by both losing in the French capital on Friday.

Ljubicic joins Roger Federer [ Images ], Rafael Nadal [ Images ], Andy Roddick [ Images ], Lleyton Hewitt [ Images ], Andre Agassi [ Images ], Guillermo Coria and Nikolay Davydenko [ Images ] in the Shanghai field.

Russian Davydenko lost to Czech Radek Stepanek in Paris on Friday but had already done enough to qualify by reaching the quarter-finals.