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Posts tagged with "ivan ljubicic"
Sep. 2 |
Is there a changing of the guard happening in American tennis?
Andy Roddick, the man who has held the torch for American tennis since his US Open victory in 2003, suffered his earliest loss in a Grand Slam tournament since 2008, losing in the US...
Aug. 27 |
It was 107 years ago on August 27, 1903 that Laurie Doherty became the first foreigner player – and the first man from Britain – to win the U.S. men’s singles title.
Since Doherty’s triumph, only one other British man has won the national...
Mar. 23 |
By Bud Collins
Other than the U.S. Open, the successive springtime fortnights of Indian Wells, Calif., and Key Biscayne, Fla., blending men and women, are the foremost tournaments in North America, probably a dead heat behind the four majors in...
Mar. 22 |
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Ivan Ljubicic beat Andy Roddick 7-6 (3) 7-6 (5) to win the men’s singles at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, USA
Jelena Jankovic beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-2 6-4 to win the BNP Paribas Open women’s singles in Indian Wells,...
Mar. 21 |
By Randy Walker
Andy Roddick and Ivan Ljubicic will meet in Sunday’s final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif. It was five years ago that the two players met in probably their most memorable match, the fourth rubber of the 2005 Davis...
Mar. 17 |
World No. 1 Roger Federer wasted three match points and then lost to Marcos Baghdatis 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 (4) Tuesday night in a third-round shock upset result at the BNP Paribas Open.
A joyous Baghdatis bent down and kissed the court after his first...
Nov. 2 |
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Serena Williams beat Venus Williams 6-2 7-6 (4) to win the Sony Ericsson Championships in Doha, Qatar
Ivan Ljubicic won the Grand Prix de Tennis de Lyon by beating Michael Llodra 7-5 6-3 in Lyon, France
Jurgen Melzer beat Marin Cilic 6-4 6-3...
Oct. 19 |
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Nikolay Davydenko beat Rafael Nadal 7-6 (3) 6-3 to win the Shanghai ATP Masters 1000 in Shanghai, China
Yanina Wickmayer won the Generali Ladies Linz, beating Petra Kvitova 6-3 6-4 in Linz, Austria
Samantha Stosur beat Francesca Schiavone...
Oct. 17 |
Nikolay Davydenko
Rafa Nadal reached the final of the Shanghai Masters when Feliciano Lopez retired on Saturday, the second evening in a row when the top seeded Spaniard’s opponent had to withdraw injured.
World number two Nadal was coasting at 6-1...