Ivan Ljubičić

...6-4. The sixth-seeded Swiss was treated for a shoulder injury after the first set. Ljubicic was the last man to beat Federer at his home event in 2003. Jeremy Chardy toughed out a 7-6 (4), 6-7 (6), 6-4 victory over seventh seed James...

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...the third and I was fortunate to do so." In order to reach the final of the $6.6 million Beijing-based tournament, Djokovic needs to beat Robert Soderling who defeated Ivan Ljubicic, 7-6 (7/3), 6-4. If successful he will take his place...

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I hope to play a good match and have my chances to win." Ljubicic took treatment on his leg and finally pulled the plug at the start of the third set after just over 90 minutes. Soderling, who played the Roland Garros final against Roger...

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...and Julien Benneteau, and a few others-the men participating are also well rested. It will be a matter of working his way into the tournament. No doubt there will be no easy matches for any of the players whose games may be a bit...

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The Serb will replace injured Scot Andy Murray in the ATP third spot behind Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal if he wins his next match against Roland Garros finalist Robin Soderling of Sweden, a winner over Croatia's Ivan Ljubicic.

In this article: Novak Djokovic, Nikolay Davydenko, China Open, ATP, Marin Cilic, Robin Soderling, Peng Shuai, Fernando Verdasco, and Svetlana Kuznetsova

...their US Open campaigns with crushing wins. Fourth seed Djokovic, who is a possible semi-final opponent for Roger Federer, thrashed former world number three Ivan Ljubicic 6-3 6-1 6-3. Tsonga needed just 78 minutes to outclass American...

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...second final in Metz after losing to Ivan Ljubicic in 2005. Kohlschreiber reached his first final on the ATP tour since finishing runner-up to Roger Federer last year in Halle. The 23rd-ranked German saved five break points and broke his...

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...for another day at least. That had not looked likely when Ljubicic went a set up in a start to the match that recalled Nadal's defeat to another big-serving Croatian, Marin Cilic, at the China Open last week. Nadal rallied in the second,...

In this article: Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Nikolay Davydenko, Feliciano Lopez, Gilles Simon, China Open, Andy Murray, Marin Cilic, and Robin Soderling

...of Serbia in straight sets. To get to the final, Canas defeated Tim Henman, Juan Carlos Ferrero, Richard Gasquet, Roger Federer, Tommy Robredo, and Ivan Ljubicic, in respective order, before losing to Novak Djokovic. In spite of that loss,...

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